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THE ONDINE JOURNAL

Madeleines

The French shell cake: where it comes from, how it is made, how to eat it.

A Thai woman with a black bob and red lips, in a cobalt blue cardigan and gold bangles, closes her eyes and smiles as she holds up a golden madeleine in one hand and a white teacup on a saucer in the other, against a sunny yellow wall
Madeleines

Proust's madeleine: how one small cake brought back a whole childhood

What happens in Proust's famous madeleine scene, why it almost was a piece of toast, what science says about taste, smell and memory, and how to have your own madeleine moment.

Two laughing young Thai women, one in a cobalt cropped knit with a cobalt claw clip, the other in a pink halter top with gold bangles, touch two golden madeleines together like a toast against a butter-yellow wall
Madeleines

Bangkok bakeries guide: where to go for every kind of craving

A Bangkok bakeries guide sorted by mood: a croissant that shatters, old-Silom kaya bread, Thai-twist brioche, a brunch date, a slow garden morning and an Ari afternoon.