Last week, thanks to my friend Steve over at Twitter, we learned why we hadn’t found our perfect kouign amann here in the U.S. He linked us to posts from writer and baker T. W. Lim, who had gone on a pilgrimage to Brittany to try kouign amann and found that the traditional recipe did […]
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Caramel Patisserie: The Kouign-Amann Chronicles
After our post last week on our Colette experience, many people messaged us telling us that Flour Bakery make the best kouign-amann in the Boston area. This morning we got up early and trundled to Flour in the Riverside area of Cambridge. Alas, there were no kouign-amann in the case, so we asked a staffer. […]
Colette Bakery: The Kouign-Amann Chronicles
We’ve settled in the Boston area for now, but we still have pangs of homesickness for the many places we’ve lived as nomads. One place we particularly miss is Rennes. And one of the things we particularly miss from Rennes is the kouign-amann from the Marché des Lices. Locals have told us about many bakeries […]