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you’ve asked and i’ve answered! after my last episode of foodstuffs presents here in paris, i asked viewers what they’d like to see more of. requests for croissants came knocking on my inbox, one after another. so here we are! i took the subway on over to east paris — home to the very trendy and bustling “le marais” and bastille neighborhoods — to check out two of the most well-known bakeries in paris.

ride along with me to see which croissant wins out and what bakery you should bookmark for your next trip to paris.

blé sucré (11th arr, bastille) 7 Rue Antoine Vollon, 75012 Paris, open 7am-730pm tuesday-sunday
du pain et des idées (in between 10th and 3rd arr, république) 34 Rue Yves Toudic, 75010 Paris, open 645am-8pm weekdays only

blé sucré’s croissant (left), du pain et des idées (right)

blé sucré’s croissant, exterior

blé sucré’s croissant, interior

du pain et des idées’ croissant, exterior

du pain et des idées’ croissant, interior

blé sucré’s croissant (top), du pain et des idées (bottom)

and in this week’s non-croissant related stuff!

current inspo: this hedgehog

my host family showed me the intro to a classic french film with uncanny resemblance to la la land. what do you think?

a great read on new york city restauranteurs

photography and videography by catherine o’donnell/foodstuffs

hey there guys and gals! how’s your friday? if it isn’t the best friday of your life, i’m just out here trying to make it better, by way of baguettes (lots of them).

i had so much fun filming my bakery crawl last month that i decided to bring these filming efforts to paris! this week i compared and contrasted 4 different baguettes from local bread bakeries in my neighborhood. boulangerie is the term for a french bakery that sells bread and you can find them at nearly every corner here in paris. so come ride along with me as i show you the insides of these shops, complete with handles shaped like croissants, and get into the nitty gritty of what makes a traditional french baguette.

foodstuffs video guide: the best baguettes in paris (15arr)

le fournil sainte lucie (15arr) corner of rue de javel and rue sainte-lucie, 75015 paris, open 715am-730pm everyday except sunday
- what i bought: baguette tradition
maison koneth (15arr) 141 rue de la croix-nivert, 75015 paris, open 7am-8pm everyday except sunday
- what i bought: baguette tradition
borissou (15arr) 93 rue de commerce, 75015 paris, open 730am-8pm everyday except sunday
- what i bought: baguette tradition
eric kayser(15arr) 79 rue de commerce, 75015 paris, open 645am-830pm everyday except sunday
- what i bought: baguette tradition