homemade French Macarons

This macaron represent one of the best treat combos that exist. I mean, who can resist milk and cookies? When I made…

Sometimes I think there is a garden genie on our PA property. When we closed on the house in the month of March,…

An unexpected surprise was recently finding my stash of dried barberries I had picked up at a Christmas Market in Holland this past holiday…

Wow the title of this macaron is a mouthful. Sorry about that. Also I know, this is one more French macaron experimentation…

Happy Cinco De Mayo! I’m marking the occasion here on Macaron Monday with a international French Mexican collaboration of cookie and flavors.…

Last November I participated in an online bake sale auction to benefit the Philippines after the devastating typhoon. The event was expertly…

I’ve tried to make these several times before over the years but always coming up with a big fail. I don’t know…

This French macaron flavor was a complete accident.  Although in the end a happy one, I had, for a split second, thought…

I should actually say I am rocking a shade of red. I think the color is perfect to represent peonies but maybe…

Sometimes I think I dream in caramel. Caramel favor, caramel colors. I can never get enough. Prefer it over chocolate any day.…

Today I am showing off more cashew meal love with these lovely flavored French macarons. As I said previously, using cashew flour…

Throughout the five years I lived in LA in the 90’s I was a Trader Joe’s addict. By far, TJ’s was the…

No doubt, I’m on a red velvet roll for Valentine’s Day this year. These little love bite macarons are luscious in flavor…

It’s grey and snowing heavily here in NYC with the weather peeps forecasting only more of the same. What better excuse to…

PEOPLE!!! Powdered flavors are my new obsession. I am in love love with how easy they can amp up French Macarons without…

This French macaron flavor reminds me of a tropical hot drink. A hybrid. Banana and rum evoke tropical breezes but the espresso…

When visiting Germany, one of the items I always stock up on to bring back to the States are these little packets…

Someone has to keep me out of the Dollar Tree. Really.   My mom loves the place so I take her there…

I’m spicing it up with allspice on this Macarons Monday. Macaron Monday is something I started without fanfare on this here blog…

These were born out of an epic white chocolate/eggnog truffle fail. Last year after several attempts to make eggnog truffles,  I stashed…