A Valentine's Day special from the Marc Heu Pâtisserie Paris. This pastry has a top and bottom cookie (for lack of a better term), with raspberries and cream in between.…
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I ran into the word affray while reading the Encyclopedia Brittanica, Thirteen Edition, had never heard of the term and had no idea what it meant.... archaic: FRAY, BRAWL chiefly…
From The Encyclopedia Britannica, Thirteenth Edition (1926), Volume 2: Effects of the War Eastern Europe - The War completely changed the face of the Jewish world. In the Russian Empire…
Another item from the Marc Heu Pâtisserie Paris: When purchasing I didn't hear its name but seems similar to his Chocolate Saint Honoré. The pastry is composed of three puff…
From The Encyclopedia Britannica, Thirteenth Edition (1926), Volume 2: ... When Congress made an investigation in Oct. 1921, it found that the Klan had funds enough to purchase an Imperial…
In Spring 2023, Marc Heu Pâtisserie Paris relocated to their new storefront within walking distance of our house. The murmur about their delights had been growing, I had read about…
A rainy evening walking around Munich, circa 1991. My camera is an Olympus OM/2 35mm camera with a 50mm/1.6f lens and loaded with 3200 ASA black-and-white film . As I…
From the June 1951 National Geographic, Occupied Austria, Outpost of Democracy. Ranked as a liberated nation, not a former enemy, Austria has its own Federal Government and exchanges diplomats with…