Dear Mrs Hamel,
A friend from Baltimore just arrived yesterday to Paris, bringing me a copy of Julia Child's The Way to cook (mine had been lost). Your Tarte tropézienne is page 52, with the entry The Provençal Beehive Cake, flavored with rhum. Yours is perfect.
I hope that one day I will go and visit you in Vermont. My son is a physician in Baltimore and this is more my visiting location when I travel in the US. Thanks to you and King Arthur Flour, I am a very happy baker. All the best to you and your team. M.C.
Nice to hear from you again, Marguerite - as I recall, I got a handwritten letter form you long ago? Thanks for staying in touch, and for the Julia reference... PJH
March 11, 2011 at 1:06pm