review: Trader Joe's Croissants

credit: www.yogateau.com

Yogateau is to blame.  That's my sister's website, devoted to yoga in Paris.  And it's awesome.  And you should immediately check it out AFTER you've finished this post.  

For the past week, and then a lot since Yogateau's Monday post, 

I have been craving fresh croissants every morning.

Sadly, a good croissant is hard to come by under normal circumstances in the area where I live.  There are none within walking distance, which is, of course, the ideal -- that is, to press Play on the coffeemaker, pop out the door with a shopping bag and return minutes later after a brightly sung-out "Bonjour, messieurs/dames" with a baguette, croissants, and maybe, if it's a special day, a chausson aux pommes or a chocolatine, the name we learned as kids for what is now called, so boring, croissant au chocolat.

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