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Mille-feuille. A mille-feuille (French: [mil fœj]; lit. 'thousand-sheets'), [notes 1] also known by the names Napoleon in North America, [1][2] vanilla slice in the United Kingdom, and custard slice, is a French dessert made of puff pastry layered with pastry cream. Its modern form was influenced by improvements made by Marie-Antoine Carême.
A mille-feuille—also known as "napoleon", "vanilla slice", and "custard slice"—is a dessert of French origin made of puff pastry layered with pastry cream. [4] [5]These "napoleons" should not be confused with "Napoleon's Bakery" which is a bakery division of Zippy's Restaurants, or for their trademarked "Napple" which are baked puff pastry turnovers.
An assortment of cakes and pastries in a pâtisserie. The following is a list of pastries, which are small buns made using a stiff dough enriched with fat.Some dishes, such as pies, are made of a pastry casing that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or savory ingredients.
The Pastry War (Spanish: Guerra de los pasteles; French: Guerre des Pâtisseries), also known as the first French intervention in Mexico or the first Franco-Mexican war (1838–1839), began in November 1838 with the naval blockade of some Mexican ports and the capture of the fortress of San Juan de Ulúa in the port of Veracruz by French forces sent by King Louis Philippe I.
The St. Honoré cake, usually known by its French name gâteau St-Honoré, and also sometimes called St. Honoratus cake, [1] is a pastry dessert named for the French patron saint of bakers and pastry chefs, Saint Honoré or Honoratus (d. 600 AD), Bishop of Amiens. [2] In 1847, it was invented by Auguste Julien, [3] at the Chiboust bakery on Rue ...
Café Procope in 2010. The Café Procope in the Rue de l'Ancienne Comédie is a café in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.The original café was opened in 1686 by the Sicilian chef Procopio Cutò (also known by his Italian name Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli and his French name François Procope); [1] it became a hub of the Parisian artistic and literary community in 18th and 19th centuries.
Le souper de Beaucaire was a political pamphlet written by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1793. With the French Revolution into its fourth year, civil war had spread across France between various rival political factions. Napoleon was involved in military action, on the government's side, against some rebellious cities of southern France.
On November 19, 1983, Napoleon's Bakery opened its doors, due to the fact that Zippy's wanted to try something different. [2] They wanted to make the restaurant a one-stop shop, so that when the customer were done with their dinner, they could order a dessert. Because of the bakery's opening, the sales at Zippy's increased. [citation needed]