Merry Macarons to you!

Parmesan Pancetta Rosemary Macarons


This holiday season has been a busy one for me, but I am not complaining. It's incredibly flattering to have people hire you to do baking for them. This means, prior to leaving for vacation, most of my nights have been spent happily up to my elbows in sugar and flour and butter and eggs... and almonds. Yes, I made quite a few macarons this month, and

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Macaron Fail

For the past couple of months, I have been a bad MacTweet-er. I have missed not one but two challenges in a row - not because I've wanted to, but because hubby and I have been busy putting in some new flooring and putting a fresh coat of paint on a few rooms. The downstairs portion of our house is looking pretty great now, and Molly and Riley are quickly learning they can't quite corner as fast

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With a little help from my friends...

Carrying on a conversation is problematic for me when I'm baking, as inevitably I pay more to attention to one than the other, but I love having music playing when I'm working away in the kitchen. I don't think I'm alone in this, as this month's MacTweets challenge was Sing-a-Song macarons. Normally I think I would have chosen one of the songs on my favourite baking playlist - and some french

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Funky Monkey Macarons

This month's MacTweets Challenge comes hot on the heels of my trip to Food Blogger Connect, in London. It was an incredible trip, one of the best things being tha I finally got to meet a few of my fellow MacTweeters like Cecilia with her One Vanilla Bean, Bethany and all of her Dirty Kitchen Secrets, Pam a.k.a. the Cooking Ninja, Sarah, who lives at the fabulous Maison Cupcake, the fabulous Mowie

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what to do with 150 “leftover” macaron shells

So I completed my MacAttack challenge using the recipe I have had the most success with, but as Jamie pointed out in her lovely comments to me, yes, I had a tonne of leftover macaron shells. I’m not sure just how big they make their macarons – maybe the size of a hamburger – because the recipe says it makes *20* sandwich cookies – I got 90. That’s right, 180 shells in total. Well, seeing as I

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les macarons parisienne

As many of you already know, or are finding out, I **LOVE** Paris. I love the architecture, the shopping, the language, the culture, the people... everything - especially the FOOD. And one of the Frenchest (is that a word? yes, I'm going to go ahead and decide it is) things you can eat while in Paris is le macaron. You can hardly walk down the street without seeing these shiny, colourful

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