Tag: macaron

Matcha Macaron with Lemon or Matcha Buttercream

  There is something so charming about a batch of colorful macaron in one of those delightful, custom boxes, but whenever I make my own, I can never seem to accept reality and add food coloring to mine to achieve the same results. I am always searching for something natural to augment the color. This…

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Lavender Macaron with Lemon Buttercream

Lavender makes me think of the summer. I always imagine a countryside in Italy or France with fields of violet, or seemingly carelessly placed pots of lavender and rosemary basking joyfully under the hot sun as bees frolic from flower to flower. I think of lavender and lemon squeezed over desserts and fish alike. These…

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Steak and Cake – Memorial Day Cookout

I invited way too many people for dinner, again! Like a college, I always invite more people than my house can possibly host for a sit down, figuring that about 50 percent wouldn’t be able to make it. Usually this gamble works out for me, sometimes too many RSVP. This time around, Nico and I…

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Earl Grey Macaron with Lemon or Lavender Buttercream Filling

The French Macaron has a cult following now-a-days! It didn’t when I first fell in love with them in New York 12 years ago, but for some reason, people still call them Macaroons. Go figure! Due to the famed difficulty of properly preparing these cookies, French pastry chefs would (and still do!) display them in…

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London – The High Tea

My garden is in bloom and I have been itching to have a tea party since I came home from London! The garden High Tea is really a perfect combination of some of my favorite things in the world! I love to dress up, I love to have an excuse to bake up half a…

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