Sunday 1 November 2015

November City Daily Photo Theme Day: Ephemeral

Biscuits de sucre en neige, La Varenne Versailles
So we're in November and the first of the month is Theme Day in the City Daily Photo blogging community. Ephemeral is this month's theme. Some of you probably remember the fabulous biscuits and sweets shop La Varenne which VDP had shown you just after its opening in May. Well, these little meringues, which would have been served at the table of kings and queens at the palace (the recipe is the one of François Pierre de la Varenne's cookbook dated 1651), are the ancestors of macarons. They did not last long yesterday! So so ephemeral... Oh and the shots below are better views of the inside of the shop, because VDP had kind of messed up the moon in the May post! To view all takes on the theme, click here and happy November (and Allsaints today) everyone!

Nous voilà en novembre, miz du (le mois noir en breton). Le premier du mois est jour de thème dans la communauté des blogueurs City Daily Photo à laquelle appartient VDP, et le thème ce mois-ci, c'est "éphémère". Quoi de plus éphémère que ces biscuits de sucre en neige de chez La Varenne, l'inventeur de saveurs, que VDP vous présentait juste après son ouverture en mai dernier. Ces petites meringues sont les ancêtres des macarons, dont la recette a été puisée dans le livre "le cuisinier françois" de François Pierre de la Varenne, édité en 1651 et elles n'ont pas fait long feu chez VDP hier. Les photos ci-dessous sont de meilleures vue du fond de la boutique, dont VDP avait raté la prise de vue dans le billet de mai. Pour voir les interprétations du thème dans le monde entier, cliquez ici ! VDP vous souhaite un bon miz du et une bonne journée de Toussaint !
La Varenne inventeur de saveurs à Versailles
La Varenne inventeur de saveurs à Versailles

38 comments:

Revrunner said...

DEE-lectable. :-)

Unknown said...

Oh temptation , even just looking at the I can feel the diet slipping away...love the moon pictures especially the first one...

Small City Scenes said...

I see you found something to use. very short lasting.
MB

RedPat said...

Perfect for the theme and the shop looks super, Ciel!

Kay said...

Ahhhh! I would happily settle for a macaron and can guarantee it wouldn't last long. Love your moon and window shots.

Dianne said...

I'm sure in my hands they would be very ephemeral - tres delicieux and what a fabulous little patisserie

Jim said...

Love the macarons and the look of the lollies.

orvokki said...

Love all these photos.
Have a happy beginning of the new month.

OJ said...

True ... tastes and smells are also ephemeral! Your post evoked some great memories

Thérèse said...

Un grand coup de coeur pour ton avant dernière image!

Peter van den Besselaar said...

Yummie!

Stuart said...

They would be ephemeral at our house as well!

La cachette à Josette said...

je ne sais pas si je résisterai 6 mois devant ces petites meringues fondantes et craquantes...
belle journée sous un ciel ensoleillé !
http://bricbracdejosette.blogspot.fr/

mia more said...

Yummy Yummy but I would take weight only when looking at these little treasures. Sigh.

mia more said...

Yummy Yummy but I would take weight only when looking at these little treasures. Sigh.

EG CameraGirl said...

So tasty! I can understand well why they wouldn't last for long!

PerthDailyPhoto said...

One sweet moment is all they would have survived with me Ciel :) delicious ephemeral moment!

Sharon said...

Perfect choice for the theme. They would have only lasted a moment at my house. That display is stunning.

Gunn said...

The same here with us in Stavanger; they would not have lasted for long.... :-)

Lowell said...

I would have to take special precautions to stay away from this place! Yikes! I gained five pounds just looking at your photos. And my weight gain is not ephemeral!

SRQ said...

Clever interpretation. Looks yummy!

Rob Siemann said...

Genial!

VP said...

Great, this is deliciously ephemeral!

Karl said...

Stuart hat mir die Worte von der Zunge genommen :)

Merisi said...

Oh yes, that is one example of ephemeral we all would like to be part of the disappearing act!

Halcyon said...

A very creative choice! Most sweets are ephemeral once they come into contact with me. ;-)

William Kendall said...

Very tempting, Ciel!

Loree said...

They look like they will melt in your mouth.

MurciaDailyPhoto said...

I would like to test them!

James said...

A childhood dream come true ! Willie Wonka eat your heart out. :-)

Babzy.B said...

Choix gourmand pour le thème!

Michelle said...

How could they last long? They look fantastic!

Jack said...

Yes, these little meringues don't last very long. Ephemeral.

Bob Crowe said...

Pleasure is transitory but it may also be beautiful.

Anonymous said...

Magical... and tasty!

LOLfromPasa said...

Yummy! Beautiful photographs.

Wayne said...

I should not be reading this so close to lunch. Ephemeral indeed.

Tammie Lee said...

so beautiful and enticing!
yum.