The story of France's most extraordinary pastry.
, are both from Normandy but have been spending their summers in Brittany since the late '60s, when they purchased a house in Pleurtuit, a quiet maritime neighborhood near larger Saint Malo. The house looks out on a bay that feeds into the Atlantic, where commercial fishermen used to set out every morning, but today, it’s mostly a place for French and British vacationers to park their dinghies., or notary, a public officer whose job was to ensure that contracts were executed to a T.
“Well, Normandy makes the best butter,” she corrected me. “But yes, Brittany makes very good butter, too.” The French are very precise about their regional foods. True enough, in the 17th and 18th centuries, French pirates roamed the seas and looted foreign ships. They’d return to Saint Malo and split their booty with the king. Today, the robbery comes in the form of overpriced crepes and seafood platters sold to unwitting tourists. After our lunch at a busy brasserie near one of the city’s entrance, I counted myself among the plundered.
By this point, our pirate friend was lying down, pointy black hat resting gently over his face. And I, too, felt a warm haziness settle over me.I spoke over the phone with Charles Kergaravat, a resident of Morbihan and founder ofThough raised in New York City, his parents are native Bretons, and he spent every summer there growing up.
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