French macarons are delicate meringue sandwich cookies, but that description doesn’t begin to do them justice. Biting into a good macaron is a transformational experience. The exterior has a slight ...

I first made pumpkin-flavored macarons for a Halloween treat. They turned out so well, everyone loved them. So I thought, why not try some with a Christmas flair? In a microwave-safe bowl, heat the ...

I love to bake. But there’s one sugary confection that’s eluded my culinary success: the French macaron. So this past weekend I moseyed on over to Sur La Table to take a class on how to perfect the ...

MY FIRST TASTE of France and my first taste of macarons are forever melded like ganache to shell. I was 13 and on a school trip to Paris. Standing in a patisserie in Montmartre, I bit into one and as ...

1. Heat heavy cream in a small saucepan over medium heat until edges start to bubble. Remove from heat and add white chocolate. Beginning in the center of the pan, stir in small circles until white ...

These delicate confections were born in Paris, but with a bit of patience you can make your own little bites of luxury. Not all macarons are created equal. Just ask the people queuing outside Paris’s ...

To prepare macarons, it is preferable that the egg whites are "aged," which means separated from the yolks a day before and stored in the fridge, in a bowl covered with cling film with slits, to let ...

A mainstay of French celebrations, the crumbly, ganache-filled macaron is finally catching on here, thanks to versions now available at patisseries like Dessert Club, ChikaLicious, L.A. Burdick, and ...

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Call me a heretic, but I’ve been thinking it’s about time the Easter Bunny spruced up his product line. Eggs are fine and Peeps are cute, but as Thumper’s 21st century image consultant, I’d advise he ...

This year, leading up to our annual Menu of Menus issue, Kaitlin Steinberg counts down her 100 favorite dishes as she eats her way through Houston. She’ll compile a collection of the dishes she thinks ...