Paris in springtime

Visiting Paris for the first time in March 2012 has been a real treat. And the weather was swell. With glorious patisseries and cafes on every street corner each day brought a new treat. This was a pistachio eclair. Who says being Veggie in France is difficult. I could live off these for 5 days!

I decided to make my own candied peel
for the festive baking period. Unless
you've tried 'proper' candied peel, its hard to understand if all the fuss is worth it. On the other hand if you have tried it , you can never go back to the yucky ear wax waste of space pre chopped stuff. Anyway I took this pic of my efforts and thought i'd try a bit better this year at posting!