Boulangerie Poilâne


Watch this 2002 CBS News Videos Online
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6341065n&tag=api

It is about the bakery Poilâne in Paris and a footage of the late Lionel Poilâne showing Dorie Greenspan how to make his famous Punitions, or Punishment Cookies.

I remembered these cookies very fondly.
When I visited the bakery last year, there was a basket on the counter for all their customers.
These cookies are delicious. 

Basket of punitions to welcome its customers

Berry Berries Tart

Inspired by a fruit tart recipe from Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook , I decided to bake this Berry Berries Tart.I like this recipe because it uses a rectangular tart pan that is 14-by-4 inches in size.
Putting the berries together in this uniquely long tart is a joy and an art as well.

Berry Berries Tart

Love the berries!

Tiramisu Charlotte Cake

This Italian delight has a thick layer of rich filling of Mascapone cheese,
cream cheese and heavy cream sandwiched between 2 layers of Genoise sponges.
The sponges are flavoured with coffee syrup and Kahlua(coffee liqueur).
The cake is topped with another layer of cream and chocolate shavings.
Mocha flavoured wafer rolls lined the border.