One of the joys of having this blog is being able to communicate with so many baking friends from around the world. It really amazes me how far some of you are from little o’l me here in Vancouver, Canada. I know some of you are from the U.S., Middle East, Australia and Europe and you […]
Reader’s Macaron Baking Questions and Messages
From now on, reader questions that I receive in private will be answered here. Since I receive a lot of requests for personal help, I have decided to publish the questions and answers publicly so that others can benefit from it as well. Please take a look through these questions and the resources I […]
How to Make a Cute Macaron Box for Your Character Macarons (Template)
Forever Searching for Cute Macaron Boxes I have been searching for years to find a suitable box for my character macarons. It’s only in the last little while that macaron boxes for regular round macarons have been easily accessible to the general public while there still seems to be a complete absence of […]
How to Clean and Remove Odors from Your Silpat Mats
Silpat mats and I have a love hate relationship. As you already know from my YouTube macaron videos, I love using silpat mats for piping my macaron shells. They are excellent for keeping macaron shells nice and round. (Here are some other tips on how to bake round macarons.) Unlike parchment paper, they are environmentally […]
Afternoon Tea at Mimi’s with Soirette Macaron Mooncakes
UPDATED on OCT. 4: one bolded section below Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to you all! If you don’t know already, this Chinese celebration is liken to the Western Thanksgiving as its origins were tied to celebrating the end of the harvest season. One of the most important and symbolic customs during this time is the sharing of mooncakes between family and friends. Mooncakes […]
Afternoon Tea at the Laduree Tea Room Hong Kong
Many macaron lovers regard Laduree as THE ultimate benchmark for classic Parisian macarons. Sure, there are so many options nowadays like the innovative Pierre Herme or the elegant Maison du Chocolate but Laduree still seems to stand out as the industry leader. Perhaps its because of its unrivaled history and clever modern day marketing which marries […]
Afternoon Tea at the Ritz Carlton Hong Kong
You all know I love afternoon tea. I don’t think there’s any afternoon tea that I’m not willing to try and when it comes to tea at the Ritz, it doesn’t take any convincing for me. Prior to my trip to Hong Kong, bestie and I had been frantically and excitedly whats’apping each other about […]
Anatomy of a Perfect Macaron
Feet: Perhaps the most talked about and coveted aspect in the art of macaron making. You’ll realize that once you’ve acheived macarons with feet, you don’t want just any kind of feet because each type actually reflects what kind of macaron you will have and shows the kind of mistakes you’ve made. Small unbroken feet are […]
Laduree’s Newly Released Macarons Book
Admist all the holiday baking and shopping I did last month, I did not forget to pick up a small treat for myself which is the newly released Laduree Macarons book. And when I say the word “pick up”, I literally mean stalk both Amazon and Chapters online for it. I guess since it was […]
French VS. Italian Meringue Macarons
There are actually 2 main methods of making macarons – the Italian method and the French method (the third method is the Swiss which is not as popular). Both methods yield essentially the same yummy and gorgeous looking concoction that most people will recognize as a macaron. However, there are a few subtle differences in […]
