Sunday the bakeoff begins!

OK, so it's not really a bake-off per se. Susie is putting the finishing touches on her first five (count 'em five) recipes from Dorie Greenspan's book, Paris Sweets: Great Desserts from the City's Best Pastry Shops.

The plan is, so I'm told, that my incredibly talented wife, pastry queen of Gracie's in Providence, RI, was so taken with Dorie Greenspan's wonderful book that she decided to make each and every recipe from the book. The recipes themselves came from some of the finest pastry shops in Paris (France, not Texas or Illinois).

And since Susie is going to be in Paris for professional development at Le Cordon Bleu from the end of March through most of April . . . well the second half of the plan is to visit each shop mentioned in the book and compare notes, so to speak. I look forward to being an integral part (if by integral one means eating) of this ambitious campaign.

Anyway, the first five recipes are pretty much finished, she's made her notes and I'll be taking a few photos shortly.

Stay tuned!