3421) French Pastries, France: La Poste France (French Post) has issued a set of 12 postage stamps featuring an assortment of Pastries made in France: Date/Year of Stamp Set issue: 07.10.2024:
On October 7, 2024, La Poste has issued a booklet of 12 postage stamps illustrated with iconic French pastries. A gourmet booklet to savour!
Welcome to the world of French pastries! A world of tradition, innovation and excellence to delight your taste buds.
Let us discover the history of some iconic French pastries:
In the 18th century, the rum baba, with an anecdote that promises to leave us gobsmacked! According to legend, the cake was born at the table of the King of Poland, Stanislas Leszczynski.
While the emperor was tasting his kouglof, a popular pastry at court, the latter considered the cake too dry. He then decided to sprinkle it with Malaga wine to make it softer.
It was in Paris that a pastry chef, Nicolas Stohrer, had the idea of replacing the liqueur with rum.
This pastry shop, located on rue Montorgueil in Paris, still exists and offers the original recipe (with Malaga wine), as well as the current recipe.
In 1856, it was Signor Frascati who created the religieuse, an ice cream maker of Neapolitan origin. He offered the customers of his Parisian café this sweet treat, so named because the color of the choux buns was reminiscent of the dresses of the nuns in the convents. It was an immediate success!
In 1909, the founders of the Paris-Brest bicycle race asked a pastry chef, Louis Durand, to create a cake in honour of this race at the beginning of the 20th century. This is why this pastry looks like a bicycle wheel.
The Durand pastry shop still exists in Maisons-Laffitte (78) and you can still find the authentic Paris-Brest there.
In 1955, the Opera was created by Cyriaque Gavillon. His wife, Andrée, came up with the name "opéra" because she thought the smooth, ebony-colored surface of the cake resembled the stage floor of the Paris Opera. Cyriaque Gavillon worked for Dalloyau, the famous pastry chef-caterer.
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1) For more on the Olympics and Paralympics held in the past, including the origins and history of the Olympics and Commemorative coins issued both on London Olympics and Paralympics please read my post on the London Olympics 2012 link as follows: History of the ancient & modern Olympics and Paralympics & commemorative coins issued during the London Olympics and Paralympics
4) For Rio 2016, please click on the following link to get interesting insights into the mascots of the Rio Olympics Vinicius and Tom, the Games and the Commemorative Coins and stamps issue programme: 1)The 31st Summer Olympics "Rio 2016"2) Commemorative Stamps and booklets issued by the Department of Posts, India on 05.08.2016
5) For Ancient Olympic Games on Greek Coins of Antiquity, please click on the following link: Ancient Olympic Games on Greek Coins of Antiquity
6) For a set of Post cards titled "Olympic Events" : please click on the following link: "Olympic Events": A set of 12 Post Cards issued by the Karnataka Postal Circle, India Post on 11.07.2016
7) For a presentation set of two stamps titled "Spirit of Olympics, Athens, Atlanta" please visit the following link: Spirit of the Olympic Games, Athens-Atlanta: Celebrating the Centenary of the Modern Olympic Games
8) For a presentation set of four stamps titled "XXVIII Olympic Games" (2004 Summer Olympics Athens, Greece, please visit the following link: XVIII Summer Olympic Games, Athens Greece (2004)
9) For a presentation set of two stamps titled "XXIX Olympic Games" (2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing, China, please visit the following link: XXIX Olympic Games Beijing, China: 08.08.08- 24.08.08: A Presentation set of four stamps issued by India Post on 08.08.08
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For other interesting posts on honouring the work done for the blind/visually impaired persons please visit the following links:
1) A tour of Pune's Blind School and interaction with the students - a short story
2) A two-Rupee coin issued by the Indian Mints honouring Louis Braille on the occasion of his 200th Birth Anniversary in 2009 and a brief report on the Braille system
6) Honouring Louis Braille on the Bicentenary of his birth in 2009
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