WHAT IF YOU WERE TO FIND OUT THAT THIS PASTRY CONSIDERED TO BE TYPICALLY FRENCH WAS ACTUALLY FROM ELSEWHERE? IT HAILS FROM EASTERN EUROPE! IT WASN’T UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE 20^THCENTURY THAT IT BECAME POPULAR AMONG PARISIANS AND FRENCH PEOPLE! NOWADAYS, CROISSANTS AND PAINS AU CHOCOLAT ARE ONE OF MANY TOKENS OF FRENCH CULTURE AND ARE EATEN FOR BREAKFAST OR AS AN AFTERNOON SNACK; THE SPLENDOR OF THESE VIENNOISERIES (FROM VIENNA)  HAS SOMEWHAT WANED WITH THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF THEIR PRODUCTION… BOTH THEIR TASTE AND THE PUFF PASTRY THEY ARE MADE OF HAVE UNDERGONE GREAT CHANGES. MUCH LIKE AN AUTHENTIC ARTISAN BAKER, TODAY YOU WILL DISCOVER (OR RE-DISCOVER) THE ORIGINAL KNOW-HOW AND TASTE OF GENUINE CROISSANTS AND PAINS AU CHOCOLAT!