Vitamin Daily

Thanks to a wildly eccentric Parisian neighbour, I got to spend many a childhood Christmas sporting shimmery paper hats while gorging on Galette des Rois under the table of a canary yellow kitchen.

An honorary Gaul, I still look forward to epiphany. Every year my family hides a fève in the cake and we wait to see who will claim the royal title.  

Herewith, the best galettes in town:

Petite Thuet, ($18), various locations, www.petitethuet.com

Rahier Patisserie, (from $17.30), 1586 Bayview Ave., Toronto, 416-482-0917,  www.rahierpatisserie.com

Jules Café Patisserie, (from $19), 617 Mount Pleasant Rd., 416-481-1666, Toronto, www.julescafe.ca

Patachou, ($25), 1120 Yonge St., Toronto, 416-927-1105

Patisserie Sebastien, (from $20), 3306 Yonge St., Toronto, 416-544-0333.

—Athena Tsavliris