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Bringing Home a Piece of Paris

I’m off to Madrid this week for work (manchego!) so I’ve asked a few other bloggers to hold down the fort during my absence. Mina, the co-author of the travelogue “Sending Postcards”, shares some of her favorite keepsakes to prolong the Paris experience long after she’s returned home.  Admittedly, my time in Paris has been limited – a couple of weeks for a friend’s wedding and a two day layover. While I’m certainly not an authority on the subject of what to do in Paris, there are a couple of things that you can buy in the city that make me pretty happy and, if we’re into the same things, might make you happy too. I’m generally not much of a shopper but I brought a few things home to extend my Parisian experience. I thought I’d share them: 

01 // Maille Mustard //  You can find Maille in most grocery stores around the world these days, but not the special flavoured kind. If you love moutarde, you can’t miss the Maille Store which is filled with dozens of variations of the common condiment. I wholeheartedly recommend the Figue et Coriandre. 

02 // Macarons // It’s a cliché, I…

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