Post by Anne on Feb 29, 2008 10:44:46 GMT -5
There has been much talk yesterday about Christine Ferber, the jams' goddess .
Well, if one of you happens to be in Colmar, I suggest that you visit the lovely little village of Niedermorschwihr, about 10 kilometers away from Colmar, up on the first mountain slopes :
This is where Christine Ferber lives and bakes the bread, pastries and jams that are being sold in the boulangerie-pâtisserie-grocery-etc ... that she inherited from her father .
I have never visited her shop : on the two occasions when we went to Niedermohrschwihr we were to meet friends for dinner at at the very good local winstub (typical Alsacian restaurant) Caveau Morakopf, and our appointment hour was long past after the shop's closing hour, but I sure stuck my nose on the windows
.
You guys wouldn't believe it : this woman is famous worldwide for her jams and she was also awarded the title of "Chef pâtissier de l'année" in the late '90s, yet her shop is thousands miles away from any Parisian pâtisserie . It is actually the typical small-village-only-food-shop, selling bread, pastries, canned food, some charcuterie and cheese, etc ... for the locals . Only on one side of the shop there was a table with her books on display, and there was also an ancient cupboard opened with hundreds of jam jars in it . When you see this shop, you know for sure that this woman didn't turn megalomaniac with fame and money like some other pâtissiers or chefs did
...
And I assume (hope
) that her jams are cheaper here than at Pierre Hermé's shop or all the other fancy shops where they are being sold ...
Well, if one of you happens to be in Colmar, I suggest that you visit the lovely little village of Niedermorschwihr, about 10 kilometers away from Colmar, up on the first mountain slopes :
This is where Christine Ferber lives and bakes the bread, pastries and jams that are being sold in the boulangerie-pâtisserie-grocery-etc ... that she inherited from her father .
I have never visited her shop : on the two occasions when we went to Niedermohrschwihr we were to meet friends for dinner at at the very good local winstub (typical Alsacian restaurant) Caveau Morakopf, and our appointment hour was long past after the shop's closing hour, but I sure stuck my nose on the windows
. You guys wouldn't believe it : this woman is famous worldwide for her jams and she was also awarded the title of "Chef pâtissier de l'année" in the late '90s, yet her shop is thousands miles away from any Parisian pâtisserie . It is actually the typical small-village-only-food-shop, selling bread, pastries, canned food, some charcuterie and cheese, etc ... for the locals . Only on one side of the shop there was a table with her books on display, and there was also an ancient cupboard opened with hundreds of jam jars in it . When you see this shop, you know for sure that this woman didn't turn megalomaniac with fame and money like some other pâtissiers or chefs did
...And I assume (hope
) that her jams are cheaper here than at Pierre Hermé's shop or all the other fancy shops where they are being sold ...
Let the riot begin! LOL - 
hahahha