The Ultimate Pastry Guide: 10 Tips to Know Before Learning French Pastry
Before you start: Almost anything can be considered an art form, in my opinion (yes, even something like grating cheese…who knows, maybe there’s some special techniques or super fancy graters out there. Maybe there’s even some secret club for it!…
Flavor Profile: Sesame Soy Sauce Macarons
Before you say it–I haven’t completely lost my mind creating a sesame-soy-sauce macaron flavor (if I did, I’d probably be in Papua New Guinea running a shop that only sells Panda stuffed animals on Tuesday evenings…don’t ask…). This macaron is…
Musical Macarons, Part 4
The music-macaron pairing extravaganza is back! If you haven’t been following the musical macarons series on this blog, I’ll give you a short rundown (also, how can you not be reading the musical macaron series on this blog??? Okay, shaming…
Flavor Profile: “Poeme” Macaron (Earl Grey and Peach)
I have a confession to make: I may be addicted to tea…a cup of steamy, hot leaf juice just really gets me going, I guess (I apologize to all the people who I offended by calling tea “leaf juice…”). It’s…
Flavor Profile: Matcha Macarons
If you’ve been on the internet for even a minute this past year, you’ve probably noticed people talking about “matcha” and it’s amazing health benefits, life-changing powers…heck, there’s probably even been something on how Matcha might be critical to the…
How to Flavor Macaron Shells
The Intro: Why you should flavor your shells! Before you start reading this post wide-eyed, excited, and full of macaron-baking-enthusiasm; this isn’t going to be a macaron shell recipe (don’t stop reading though! This has information that you’re unlikely to…
Recipe: Orange-Pistachio Temptation Tart PLUS a Bonus Cookie :)
I’m going to cut straight-to-the-chase here: you will marry this tart. Or at least try to and hope that food marriage becomes legal sometime soon. You will spend hours, days, and even years longing for another taste of this rich,…