Bread

Well, that is interesting that mac users can see the picture, but others cannot. I’ll leave the picture up and work out the bugs after I have my machine at home, someday. It was also great to see so many faces at once! Hi!

Walking home from the kids school I pass by the bakery, called Delice. It’s close to us and everyone says the best bakery in town. They have great croissants, madelines that are lemon flavored, slices of chocolate-swirled tea bread and baguettes. Usually we buy some of everything. The other day I bought just two baguettes and was surprised at the price: 300 cfa. That means a baguette is 33 cents. When we first got here they had a bread I liked better than the baguettes, it was denser and a little darker. I finally remembered that it was called pain parfume and I asked about it. They told me that they are waiting for the flour. "I’m waiting too, then," I said.

There is a small grocery store near the kids school too, they cater to the expat parents at the school. There is a good selection of wine and cheeses, a fridge full of butter and yogurt, cookies, cans and bottles of sauces, and the only place I’ve seen any version of brown and powdered sugar. Eggs are stacked on the counter, the laundry detergent is brands you’ve never seen before. They have one kind of bread. The kids love it. It’s sliced white, but not fluffy. 850 cfa so that’s like $1.70. CaSt have french toast every morning. Stefan gives me the highest compliment: it’s as good as the frozen french toast from Trader Joe’s.