Bontemps

As I stare through the plate glass window of Bontemps Pâtisserie I can’t help but think about Ted Lasso. Why bring him up here? By here I mean Paris. Shouldn’t I have a more romantic subject in mind than an Emmy-winning mustachioed fictional soccer nerd? Well I do. I’ve always had a love affair with simple shortbread biscuits. The kind Coach Lasso famously brings his boss each morning. So I guess I can thank him for leading me to this window where pâtissiere Fiona Leluc has transformed the coach’s deliciously outdated biscuit into a modern marvel of a fruit-filled sablé cookie: soft, buttery, crumbly, with just a hint of fleur de sel. I … Read more