Things we will miss about Paris: Picard

There is something soothing and yet disturbing about Picard. Walls of enormous refrigerators holding rows upon rows of frozen ingredients, prepared meals, frog legs, escargots, sorbets, herbs, truffled potatoes, tarts, macaroons, trout eggs, cheese...one can't stop from wanting to taste everything. Unlike many frozen food lines out there, the Picard frozen foods actually taste as good as they look on the box. That's where the disturbing part comes in. Shopping there becomes a dirty little secret, especially when you have company over for stuffed canette for dinner.

Here are some of our favorites: