Margaret Suran wrote:
>
> From Today's N. Y. Times Food Section
>
> Beets and Peppers for the Candy Dish
>
> Eating your
> vegetables has never been sweeter, at least since Fauchon
> introduced pte de légumes, a new line of vegetable-based
> confections. Like their cousins, pte de fruits (fruit
> jellies), these jewel-toned, sugary squares have intense
> flavors, but with beet, red pepper, fennel and carrot
> replacing the usual passion fruit and black currant.
> Imported from France, they are made using the same
> technique as Fauchon's pte de fruits, substituting
> vegetables that are naturally high in sugar. While beet,
> with its magenta hue, is the most striking, the red pepper
> is the eye-opener. Tangy, ripe and spicy, with a
> dried-apricotlike vibrancy, it makes you wonder why red
> peppers are not used more often in desserts. Pte de
> légumes are $40 a pound at Fauchon, 442 Park Avenue (56th
> Street), (212) 308-5919; 1000 Madison Avenue (77th Street),
> (212) 570-2211; and 1383 Third Avenue (78th Street), (212)
> 517-9600.

OOoooh! The best part of this post for me is seeing that Fauchon
is in the United States. Someday I may find the cookies I used to
love when I lived in Japan.
--
Jean B.