Online - September 01, 2004

Tout de Sweet

Fauchon Online

And you thought Miss Golightly was skulking outside Tiffany’s because she really wanted a big, fat diamond.

Likely story.

She was really wishing that she was in Paris, putting some meat on her bones with a decadent breakfast at Fauchon, the legendary French specialty shop — not having cold coffee and stale Danish.

Excellent news: Fauchon has taken its wares online. What’s in store: butter cookies and biscuits, coffees, and specialty teas (the Japanese go crazy for apple). The selection runs sweet to savory — from lollipops, caramels, chocolate, and pâté de fruits to Indian spices and foie gras. All a mere overnight delivery away. Brides-to-be will love favors like blue-and-gold almond dragées or miniature versions of the signature pink purse and cube. And, bien sûr, what’s a French bakery without madeleines?

Because sunrise may cast a rose-colored light on a girl’s troubles, but rose-petal preserves on impeccably toasted points and French chocolate will cure any case of the mean reds.

Available online at fauchon.com.