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April 24th, 2008 · 29 Comments · Macaron Chronicles

In their May issue, Richmond Magazine has assembled a list of little-known food treats that they thought should get more exposure. I am very tickled that my macarons made the list! And their photographer took such a great picture of…

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April 19th, 2008 · 30 Comments · Other Food stuff

The “Hungry” Hubby and I got up at 5am this morning. I had some cupcakes to frost and glaze plus we had to pack the macarons in little polka-dot packs of three. HH started snapping pictures of me piping cream…

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April 7th, 2008 · 22 Comments · Macaron Chronicles

… not the movie. That’s the number of macarons made this past weekend. I thought I was going to get tired of making them, but the macaron has some mystique about it that continues to facinate me. Each box sent…

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January 9th, 2008 · 31 Comments · Desserts, Macaron Chronicles

What happened to all my macaron posts? I have not posted anything specific about them for a while now except for a brief appearance on my Yule Log. I have given up on the Italian Meringue method. I have tried…

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November 18th, 2007 · 18 Comments · Macaron Chronicles

I was working on Pierre Herme’s white truffle macaron from his book ,PH10, yesterday but what resulted was a very weird tasting filling that I could not bring myself to publish here. I was pretty sure I translated the French…

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October 21st, 2007 · 38 Comments · Macaron Chronicles

I did not mean to post another macaron-making round so soon, but these little babies were the absolute biggest hit among my taste-testers. Most of them mumbled an ecstatic “Hmm”, with eyes closed, while savoring each precious bite. They were…

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September 29th, 2007 · 15 Comments · Desserts, Macaron Chronicles

So far so good! These little buggers have finally shown me their feet! The first one I tried was a straight almond macaron recipe. The ones below are pistachio macarons from Tartelette. They are really yummy! The uneveness of the…

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