Andy here,

One of the fun things about being in France is the attention to detail they put into the food. And not just the taste of the food, also the presentation of it. There are bakeries (boulangeries) everywhere and most of them also sell desserts. Many or these stores design and arrange the food so beautifully that going inside is like visiting a high-end fasion store. Well there was one dessert at the bakery around the corner that I thought looked absolutely amazing. One night I ran to the hardware store and saw the bakery and the dessert again on the way back. I came back and told Bekah and my mom how delightful it looked and that I was going to have to get it some day. Well my mom wanted to see it so we went back, and then she bought it for me. It wasn't that expensive, but I hadn't treated myself to it yet--it was so nice for my mom to do it for me. Here's what it looked like: (It's about 2.5 inches on each side.)

See the gold dust they sprinkle on top? And the way they write the bakery name in tiny gold writing on that top chocolate square? Wow.

And when you buy individual desserts like this they give them to you in a cool box that looks like this:

So I told Bekah that the dessert couldn't possible taste as good as it looked, because it just looked too good. Well we broke it out later that night when the kids were asleep and it DID taste as good as it looked! It was amazing. It was like chocolate mousse inside, and the outside was nice and soft dark chocolate. Exquisite.

Thanks for listening. We will now return to our regularly scheduled program.