No butter, no cream: Vegan rules at French pastry match

Contestants duking it out at this year's World Pastry Cup in Lyon on Monday had to wrestle with a challenge previously unthinkable in France's rich dessert history --- no animal products at all: It's got to be vegan to take the cake. Twenty-one countries took part in the final of a competition organized every two years, under the banner of the Lyon Gastronomy Fair. Competitors had 10 hours to prepare a dessert based on chocolate and honey, a frozen dessert made of fruit, and one without any butter, cream, eggs or any other animal product. In addition, the teams had to produce three sculptures, of chocolate, sugar and ice cream. To the naked eye, none of the creations look...

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