Send Us Laduree!!

Tell us it's okay to be obsessed with a bakery.
In Paris.

Cafe Drake has gone mad over all things Laduree, a century and a half year-old French confectionary institution. Purveyors of insanely good macaroons, the Laduree version bears little resemblance to what you're thinking of, and is instead, composed of two discs of merengue sandwiching rich ganache filling. Flavors range from candied violet to hazelnut praline to tangerine ginger, in shades to match. Everything comes packaged in chic gift boxes in quite simply the most beautiful color palette imaginable. We even know a Laduree devotee who painted his entire apartment in custom colors mixed from the bakery's line of tea tins!

Needless to say, whenever a Paris-bound patron of Cafe Drake is kind enough to ask what we'd like brought back, we simply say anything from Laduree. (For those fans of the site both wishing to show their appreciation and soon embarking on a European tour, email us for our shipping address. And while you're at it, we'd also love a gunmetal gray cashmere Hermes throw).