Remember when I used to make macarons? I haven’t made them in AGES. In fact, the last batch that I made were the ones pictured above and that was literally a year ago. I’ve spent the past year with the intention of writing a post about these macarons but I never […]
I’m back on a bit of a macaron-making kick! My last batch turned out well but left me wanting more. Then two things happened. First, my friend at work brought in the latest issue of Fine Cooking which had a big feature on making macarons (check it out here). And […]
Quelle horreur! Yes, it’s a macarons graveyard of sorts.
As you may recall this year I became pretty engrossed with making French macarons – mostly with success. I felt like I was blessed with some sort of macaron-making gene when my first batch turned out well with few casualties. […]
So if you haven’t been able to tell I’m pretty much obsessed with macaron-making. Once I discovered that they are easy enough to make I have a hard time buying them. AND since summer is here I can use my egg whites for macarons and my egg yolks for ice cream. It’s […]
And so my macaron making experiments continue, this time with pistachio (for my other adventures click here and here.
I decided to try my hand at pistachio macarons because they are one of the standard flavours that I like to order. For some reason it was pretty hard to […]
After my last successful macaron-making endeavour I decided to give it another go. This time I set out to make another one of my favourite macaron flavours — salted caramel. I decided to consult with the current king of the Paris macaron scene, Pierre Herme. I sampled some of Pierre Herme’s […]
Recently I’ve had the overwhelming urge to bake something “fancy”. I guess fancy is a relative term. Essentially I wanted to bake something beyond the usual cookies and banana bread… something I might actually venture out of my house to buy. I turned to for inspiration as […]
(treats from Gerard Mulot)
I ate a LOT of desserts in Paris. When I saw “a LOT” I mean a whole whackload! There were no rules about when I could have dessert, if a pastry caught my eye I went in for the kill. I had eclairs, apple tarts, chausson aux pommes, chocolates […]
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