Ladure Sucr: The Recipes

ISBN: 1788842421

Author: Andrieu, Philippe

Condition: New

100 recipes from the Pastry Chef at the prestigious Ladure. The book is designed to look and feel like one of their "cult" boxes of macarons, famous for their pastel colours and sophistication.The story of Ladure started in 1862 when Louis Ernest Ladure opened a bakery in the heart of Paris at 16 rue Royale. In 1872, following a fire, the little bakery became a pastry shop and the decoration was then done by Jules Chret, a famous painter and poster-designer of the time. Jeanne Souchard, Ernest Ladure's wife, then had the idea of combining the Parisian caf with a pastry-shop, thereby creating one of Paris's first tearooms.In 1993 Ladure was bought by Francis and David Holder and becomes one of the best-known gourmet addresses in Paris, a veritable institution with its famous "macaron" as its emblem. In 1997 Ladure opened a tearoom/restaurant on the prestigious Champs-Elyses, followed by another in the Printemps department store and on the Left Bank as well as the beginning of their international adventure with branches in London, Geneva, Monaco and Tokyo.In this book Philippe Andrieu, the Pastry Chef at Ladure, reveals 100 of the most famous Ladure recipes, adapted for the general public. From the Strawberry Cake with Rose Choux Pastry to Pistachio Financiers and the world-famous macarons in all their variety, this icon of French "art de vivre" is brought to life in a palette of pastries the color of powder pink, light green, bright purple, and lemon yellow.