un café gourmand
un café gourmand was something i'd seen on a menu or two - i wasn't sure what it was, but assumed, using my stellar translation skills, that it was some kind of fancy coffee.
café = coffee
gourmand = gourmand
i was hopeful that it was something similar to an irish coffee.
it wasn't.
a café gourmand is the normal little espresso which is a typical way of finishing off a meal in France - but in addition to the coffee, you also get a small selection of mini desserts - generally three or four. so it's a perfect way to end a meal if you want just a bit of something sweet - and don't want to feel like a glutton.
this is one that vivi enjoyed on my recent visit to see her in champagne - complete with some sort of delicious chocolate browning with "crème anglaise", mini magnum (ice cream), mini macaroon, and mini-creme brulée.
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alissa - if you go to the original blog site address you will see the by-line underneath the title. in days past, you would have been able to tell the difference because i rarely use capital letters - though i have started re-introducing them into my writing so that makes it a little more difficult to tell now.
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I'm loving the blog, ladies! I just wonder if I'm missing the place where you say who is blogging? (ie, a by-line?) I'm just curious who is saying what. :)