This blog is undergoing some subtle changes. If you all haven’t noticed, I’ve trimmed down the categories and have added a top navigation bar to access some popular categories directly like the Macaron Chronicles. Displays now include a thumbnail of the first picture which will help with post identification when looking for recipes or topics.
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Some blog revisions….
June 15th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Local Food Musings, Macaron Chronicles
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Musings of a macaron-maker
April 3rd, 2011 · 20 Comments · Macaron Chronicles, Petites Bouchees
Pierre Herme's most famous creation is the Ispahan. He has tweaked the recipe over the years but it remains delicious as always!
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Gift ideas for the holidays!
November 18th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Macaron Chronicles, Petites Bouchees
Sorry for the lack of posts, I have been cooking but it’s mostly dishes that really have no recipes – you know the kind that you make up along as you go. . Anyway, just want to help the great folks here in Richmond put together their Christmas list.
For a short-time period, I’ll [...]
The holidays start this weekend with Halloween!
October 24th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Local Food Musings, Macaron Chronicles, Petites Bouchees
This weekend, October 30th will be the last weekend for the St. Stephen’s Farmer’s market. I will be having a few of this Halloween boxes made up for sale. It contains an assortment of 6 macarons and will sell for $9.00.
I will also be a member of several online stores with very convenient pickup [...]
Random thoughts about macarons and other sweet stuff
October 14th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Chocolate, Macaron Chronicles, Pies and Tarts
Just finished making my macarons for this weekend’s Farmer’s market. While making my crunchy chocolate souffle flavor, I had some leftover macaron batter that wouldn’t exactly fit on a full tray so I decided to experiment with bigger macarons.
The above macaron is about 7cm and made with the Italian Meringue. Normally, for this method, you [...]
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The Petites Bouchées Dessert Table, plus a Giveaway!
July 12th, 2010 · 77 Comments · Macaron Chronicles, Petites Bouchees
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CBS6 appearance: making macarons
July 8th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Local Food Musings, Macaron Chronicles
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Macaron Chronicles VII: And the saga continues
June 14th, 2010 · 40 Comments · Chocolate, Macaron Chronicles
Chocolate macarons frequently do not taste like macarons because of the cocoa powder. the solution is to use melted unsweetened chocolate in your Italian Meringue.
Broad Appetit – lessons learned
June 7th, 2010 · 16 Comments · Local Food Musings, Macaron Chronicles
First of all, thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth: Jason aka Rvafoodie, wife Karen & son Jasper, Sketchy & Jennifer and their two little ones, Eugenio of Eating Video games, Messy chef – hope you introduce yourself next time but if anonymity is a rule that’s okay , twitter friends, Brandon, Jason [...]
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The Macaron Food Pyramid
June 5th, 2010 · 17 Comments · Macaron Chronicles
Those of you following my tweets know that I have been covered in confectioner’s sugar and almond flour for 2.5 days as I furiously baked macaron after macaron batch for some orders and Broad Appetit. At last count, I baked more or less 950 macarons – that’s 1,900 piped shells!
I loved every minute of it. [...]
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