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The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipe.Somehow, the theme for DB and kuVarijacije was the same this month. So, as I was already late, plus never ever tried to make macarons before and read all over the blogosphere that DB recipe turned into a disaster

Thanks to this month’s Daring Baker’s Challenge, this was my first attempt at making macarons. I’ve assumed that these delicate European cookies were difficult and time consuming, so I never bothered to try making them at home. Besides, I’m fortunate to have Paulette Macarons within a short driving distance from mi casa. Paulette’s macarons are works of art, and they are almost too pretty to eat

(Black sesame and nori macarons)
The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipe.
Funnily enough, I’ve never been excessively interested in macarons. I appreciate their beauty and the degree of difficulty involved in their [...]

I think I first saw macarons on Helen’s blog and remember wondering why her "macaroons" looked different! Until I realized that a macaron wasn’t even remotely related to a macaroon.

A macaron and a macaroon are both cookies, though I’m sure quite a macaron afficionado would shocked to see me referring to the macaron as "just another cookie"!
A "macaron" is made with beaten egg whites,

(Green tea/matcha macarons)
To my neighbour who snores every night, enabling me to finally understand the allusion to chainsaws.

To M who sent me a text message while dining in what is meant to be the best unagi restaurant in Tokyo. (Meanwhile, I was having a very pedestrian pasta dinner at home).
To the work-friend who [...]