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How to Make Classic French Opera Cake at Home

Elisabeth Perotin

The Opera Cake is a classic French dessert that combines layers of almond sponge cake (biscuit Joconde), coffee syrup, coffee buttercream, and rich chocolate ganache, all topped with a shiny glaze. This elegant and indulgent treat is perfect for special occasions or when you want to impress your guests. Though the process involves several steps, the result is well worth the effort—a dessert that’s as stunning as it is delicious. Continue reading How to Make Classic French Opera Cake at Home

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The several lives of a Parisian restaurant

Elisabeth Perotin

This pretty storefront has had several lives Located between rue Vaugirard and rue Madame, the Pont Traversé was the bookstore of the writer and poet Marcel Béalu. Take a look at its storefront, you will then discover beef heads and enamel plaques, clues to its former vocation: that of butcher’s shop, in fact this bookstore was a former butcher’s shop classified as a historic monument. The bookstore is now closed since November 2019 and has made way for a restaurant! Continue reading The several lives of a Parisian restaurant