Picture(s) Of The Week

Sweets With A Golden Touch

 Rome at Christmas time has a very special atmosphere. Shops are elegantly decorated and you can find the most beautiful little gifts in the small streets around the Spanish Steps.

Now the city is in total frenzy about a new boutique that offers the ultimate luxury chocolates.

The last extravaganza, just in time for Christmas season, are Macarons (sweets made with almond fluor,filled with butter cream in different flavors) covered with ultra thin, eatable leaf gold.
I didn't realize the economy is so bad that even my food has gold reserves, but at least it looks pretty, doesn't it? :)

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Picture Of The Week

Candy (Wo)men

 Vienna is my home town and I'm on a short visit from Rome.
We stopped at one of the traditional viennese pastry shops (Konditoreien) and there we found these young confectioners decorating a huge wedding cake.

They were so focused, they didn't even notice us :)

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