Showing posts with label french macarons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label french macarons. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Macarons (Macaroons) are not the new Cupcake!

On my recent visit to Paris I have to admit that I was smitten with the French macaron (macaroon)...but at 1 Euro each I didn't eat as I would have liked.  That said, this article from NPR has my cupcake wrappers in a bunch.  Macarons are NOT the new cupcake!

Critics believe that cupcakes are a trendy dessert, but they have been a part of my life for a very long time (more than a half century for those doing the math) so I wouldn't exactly describe them as a passing fad.  Read the article for yourself and see what you think. 


Move Over, Cupcake: Make Way For The Macaroon

by Neda Ulaby

 

photo by Kyle Samperton from the NPR article