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French Pastry at The Ritz Paris

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Selected for provenance, character and the pleasure it brings to an ordinary table.

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French Pastry at The Ritz Paris is an illustrated pastry volume drawn from the Ritz Paris, combining classic French desserts with professional technique and grand-hotel presentation. Selected as much for the quality of its point of view as for the object itself.

The Lello View

This is a book for people interested in how luxury pastry is constructed—not simply photographed. It offers technical ambition, disciplined presentation and a direct connection to one of Paris’s best-known hotel kitchens.

On the Shelf

  • Use as a reference for pastry technique and finishing
  • Keep on the kitchen shelf for visual inspiration
  • Give to an experienced baker or committed Francophile

Details

  • Origin: France
  • Category: Book
  • Format: Hardcover

Why you'll love it

  • By François Perret, pastry chef at the Ritz Paris; Abrams, April 2020; 200 pages, 200 color photographs by Bernhard Winkelmann (Abrams; Thames & Hudson).
  • Perret named "Best Restaurant Pastry Chef in the World" 2019 by Les Grandes Tables du Monde (Rizzoli). The Ritz Paris is the legendary hotel on Place Vendôme (Abrams).
  • Structure: Perret's inspiration for his top ten creations, then five haute pâtisserie desserts each interpreted three ways — appetizer (la touche), main dessert, sweet finish (la sucrerie); closes with his famous marble cake in its Ritz-stamped box (Abrams). Famous honey madeleine; Poire Belle Hélène en cage. Pierre Hermé called Perret's madeleine "a masterpiece" (Flammarion).

The Ritz Paris pastry kitchen, opened to you: François Perret's haute pâtisserie, photographed like jewels — from the man Pierre Hermé calls a master.

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Chosen for quality, usefulness, distinctiveness and the way it contributes to a more considered everyday table.

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