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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Your Macaron Opinion Requested...
104 comments:
- Leslie3:18 AM
Recently my husband arranged a birthday treat for me - two nights in the Pavillon de la Reine, on the Place des Vosges - bliss.ReplyDelete
Anyway, when we arrived at the Pavillon de la Reine, there was Champagne and macaroons in the room - from Gerard Mulot, near to the hotel. These were far and away the best I have ever had, and I have tried several, including Laduree and Paul. The flavours were exquisite - the caramel divine, and there was a ginger one (with lime?) which was wonderful. Also, some of the surfaces had texture - bits as delicate as pressed flowers.
We brought some home, and I still fantasise about them (I think you can buy them on the Internet).
As far as I'm concerned, they knock every other macaroon into a cocked hat, or the French equivalent.
Thank you for your blog. I agree that Paris is the best place on earth - but also a state of mind.
Very best wishes,
- Anonymous3:19 AM
Yes, macarons say "Paris" to me! I buy them on every trip to eat along the way, and always bring some home as gifts. I prefer the mini's--the big ones taste good, but invaribly have a different texture. I've learned how to make them at home, and though they're tricky, I've had good results. I seem to always buy the same flavors too--caramel au burre sale, pistachio, and chocolate ALWAYS, and the occasional framboise, citron, fraise, orange, etc. At home I've made apricot and rose too. Love 'em! :)ReplyDelete
- Judi in Melbourne3:24 AM
Hi CarolReplyDelete
I've been reading your blog now for a couple of years and love it - particularly because you too are a fanatical macaron lover! I first tasted macarons in Paris at Easter in 2004. My husband, daughter and I walked past a Laduree store and I saw the lovely boxes in the window (I collect boxes). When I went in to buy one I noticed just about every customer was buying these brightly coloured things called macarons, so I bought us one each. Of course, when we took a bite I had to hurry back in to buy one of every flavour. Then my husband and I were in London two years later and the first thing we did was have afternoon tea at the Laduree salon in Harrods. We also bought Pierre Herme's in Tokyo a couple of years ago but didn't think they measured up to Laduree's.
Until very recently it was impossible to buy a decent (edible) macaron in Melbourne. However, there are now a couple of places - a Lindt cafe has just opened two cafes and they sell "delices" which are the same as macarons, and there are a couple of other places too. They are a pretty good rendition though the explosion of flavour of the Laduree ones is missing.
A friend of mine and I have spent the last month making our own and after a couple of very ordinary batches and a bit of experimenting with different recipes we have just about got it down pat. Our lemon, hazelnut/choc, passionfruit/choc and pistachio are terrific but it's hard to replicate any other flavours, mainly I think because the flavouring ingredients just aren't available here. For example we've tried making violet macs with Monin syrup and crystallised violets but they lacked strong flavour. I see there's a violette paste which we could obtain from Amazon but it only comes in 1kg jars and is prohibitively expensive. I have given some of our macs to friends who have never had the genuine article and they are very impressed, saying they are the best things they have every had, so I always tell them to go to Paris and be
really blown away!
The further I get from my memories of the first Laduree ones the more I forget what they were really like. A return trip to Paris in the future is a must obviously. A friend is planning a trip to France next year so she is under strict instructions to buy some Laduree macs, take them back to her hotel and dissect them and make notes, answering my questions...like are the shells flavoured, and are the fillings mainly a similar consistency to the shells (I'm sure I don't remember any with buttercream and my own attempts to use it seemed to be wrong).
Well I told you I was obsessed! Meanwhile keep up the lovely blog.
Best regards,
Judi in MelbourneReplies
I have been going ton Ladree since I was 4 yrs old almost 60 yrs. Use to go with my aunt when they only had the one near the place de la concorde. It's always one of our first stop in Paris. Now they have a kiosk in Charles de Gaulle. So you can start eating whIle you wait for your bagsDelete
- Rae3:28 AM
Macarons are one of the things I think about when someone says Paris. They're just so colorfull and pretty! And they tastes amazing! :) I haven't eaten them so many times, because I can't find them here in the Netherlands. But when I do I usually pick café, caramel, passionfruit. I buy them anywhere in Paris while walking around.ReplyDelete
:) Bye! x
OH MY GOD Judi!!!!ReplyDelete
Do share yr recipe-I must get cracking on making them soon as I get a Kitchen Aide :(
I have not a pastry chef mentality
FEAR and trembling overcome me at the very thought of it!!
I took a class at Lenotre and it only made things worse!
The shells are only flavored in the pistachio, chocolate and maybe vanilla & cafe...the others are just colored is what I learned.
Meringue is very delicate..
- Marty3:51 AM
1) A Paris macaron is heaven in your mouth......ReplyDelete
2) Love em while in Paris.........
3) I get em where I know they are good and will experiment now and then.....
4) Wouldn't want to ruin the spell they have on me.......
5) I've found some that are shipped over but they seem to have lost their "snap" so
to speak.......
6) Big (and mini) macarons aren't as sensual......
7) Not a big fan of Licorice, other than that I'm and equal opportunity macaron
8) Patisserie near Place Clichy, my first ......
9) Boxes just remind me they're empty........
10) See # 9
11) I treat them like they are a present...... I like to be somewhere quiet, sitting, preferably with a latte or even milk..... open the bag or box and enjoy my gift....
12) Right now I have macaron envy......
of course Lady Macaron lovvesss macarons! I love them because they are so unbelievably tricky to make yet I love it when they rose and unleashed little feet and i know i have succeeded. For taste I believe Laduree has authentic flavors that are either black or white, whereas with Pierre Herme, his macaron flavors are ambiguous and they are like a certain feeling,memory of something. He said that a macaron should be visually beautiful,aromatic and in perfect harmony of shells and fillings. I would love to try more other boulangeries that sells macaron, I've tried Paul's and some mentioned in David Lebovitz website. I think all of them does them perfectly, it's like a part of french people, they pour their emotions in their baking. I live between Australia and Asia, macarons are spreading in my cities yet deep inside me I yearn to go back to Paris, because no macarons would equal to french macarons. My favorite flavor is Laduree caramel and PH vanilla olive oil. Jasmine is divine too and he dedicated that flavor to Jean Patou. Great post Carol, looking forward for the macaron project :)ReplyDelete
It is the chewy centres for me, xv.ReplyDelete
Hello, I loved your post and think you should do this research!ReplyDelete
I am Brazilian, live in Rio de Janeiro and became obsessed with macarons in 1999, when I lived in Paris for a while in order to do a french course. I was so mad about macarons that I just ate macarons, nothing more! I tried every patisserie I came across... When I was back in Rio, I tried to make them at home but our climate is too hot and they werenot even close to what I had just tasted in Paris... In 2006, I met Carla daudt (http://www.carladaudt.com.br), a girl who studied patisserie in Paris and now sells macarons here in Rio! The result of this was that in marriage I contracted a table full of macarons instead of the traditional pastries. It was a success! I am now mad about the macaron boxes with Louboutins and I have no means of obtaining it! Can you help me with that??? I think they do not deliver in Brazil!The mon macaron box is also wonderful!
You're driving me crazy Carol. I'm dieting now for two days and when coming here the only thing I want is macaron instead of my vegetable soup.ReplyDelete
Tried to do some bet never a real success. The inside is so difficult to do reaaly perfect.
There is nothing to compare to a macaron in the U.S. and seeing them on Paris Breakfasts fuels my yearning....I love them too....caramel is so the best and I would buy them wherever I saw those lovely distinctive shapes.....ummm ...and the boxes are adorable...sweet keepsakes.ReplyDelete
- Kay7:08 AM
Mine is a sad story, bien sur!ReplyDelete
I have NEVER tasted a macaron, but know
that I am in love with them because of Paris Breakfasts.
Mais, un jour, pour certain, I shall go again to Paris
and this time (instead of overloading on yummy crepes)
I shall be macaron hunting!
Keep up the great work, Carol, I feel
as if I am in Paris (or NY) when you write.
Regards from Wales
- Sarah7:17 AM
i have made macarons with some success but because i use a pastry bag to dollop out on the baking sheet, they always have a look of a squashed Hersheys Kiss.ReplyDelete
i wonder if one of you out there could help me. it is probably a simple matter to make them smooth & flatter but it hasn't occured to me. thanks for help & thanks always, PB, for your great blog.
j'aime les macarons parce qu'ils sont petits, c'est un petit plaisir sucré! Mais, aussi parce qu'ils allient ce contraste du craquant extérieur et du tendre et léger à l'intérieur et enfin ils sont pour moi la meilleure façon de trouver le vrai parfum de certains ingrédients, comme un sorbet Berthillon.manger un macaron PH fruit de la passion c'est comme déguster un fruit de la passion revu et corrigé! INow, I NEED a macaron!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
- Cynthia8:47 AM
Yes, I too have a sad story to tell. Been to Paris several times from Munich where I live BUT,,,,have never tasted the things. I have bought many,,,too many ,,,a praline,,,ahh melt in your mouth heaven, but never a macaron. BUT,,,,just for you,,the next time I am there I will buy a whole big colorful box of them.ReplyDelete
it's the essence of perfection, a sweet little round piece of heaven. Crunchy, soft inside, with a great ganache that complements the outside. It's everything in one!ReplyDelete
I live in NY and I love Macaron Cafe & I also buy them at Madeleine on 23rd st. Otherwise, when winter comes, I bake them at home, but it's very, VERY long!
I love them more than any treat in the world ! I'm not a big sweets person so the fact they are so light fluffy and delicious is perfect for me. I currently only like laduree ones but i try them every place i see them to try and find them that good again. I finally perfected them but they were eaten before i could get picks i was pissed lolReplyDelete
They are one of my favorite treats. I even have one as part of a tattoo!ReplyDelete
I love all flavors, and that is one of the best parts of Macaraons, the various flavors you can find.
Every new town I visit I try to find a bakery that has them, and I try them out.
I still have not tried and REAL French macarons such as Laduree. Im dying to get over there and get some. I'm sure they are heavenly.
PS Carol - I'm going to try to attend the opening at the Boston French Library on the 5th! I hope I get to meet you!
- Valérie-jeanne10:38 AM
I've never eaten a macaron either, but I know I'm in love with them! While visiting Paris some years ago I had no idea these gems existed. Last year, September to be exact, Gourmet magazine printed a Paris collectors edition which included an article with several recipes for macarons. Since finding your blog, I keep looking at those recipes, I've got to try them! Other readers have had success, maybe I will too! Really love your blog Carol, you're such a talent!ReplyDelete
I love Laduree's the Best! Fauchon are wonderful also. I went with a boring friend in Paris and so did not further my obsession but of what I saw Laduree had the best packaging. I wanted to bring the ribbons home with me. I am trying to get the nerve to go explore Paris myself. I did not pick the garbage in Paris lol but if I would have seen something Marie Antoniette-ish I would have or a beautiful box! I am jealous you get to go on these adventures! GraceReplyDelete
I love your blog and you're watercolors. Unfortunately, I have yet to try a macaron. I haven't found a place in my area that sells them. But your paintings are delicious! I thank you for sharing them.ReplyDelete
I prefer Laduree macarons but will try them from any patisserie as long as they look great. I learned about the macarons from "The Patisseries of Paris: Chocolatiers, Tea Salons, Ice Cream Parlors, and more"; the book my husband bought before our first trip to Paris. He then ordered the Laduree macaroons to be delivered to our hotel upon our arrival. And OMG that was an absolutely divine experience. Loved the Paris and loved the macarons.ReplyDelete
And yes, of course I tried to make macarons at home; coffee, chocolate, and raspberry; came out a bit sloppy and big but did taste good; definitely not like the Paris ones but didn't stop us from eating them all. I am planning to take a Pastry and Deserts Course on my next trip to Paris looking forward to this experience
You can buy macarons from Dean and Deluca in New York but they are not quite the same… BTW I was shocked to find out that my American friends and colleagues have no idea what the macarons are; they all refer to coconut macaroons cookies…phbbbbt! Needless to say I had to bring some gift boxes from my next trip.
My favorite are minies: love to try as many flavors as I can. It's hard, really hard to pick just one favorite. I always get Framboise, Casis, Caramel. Passion Fruit, Mango though. Licorice maybe the only flavor I can skip.
I love how the macaron boxes look but I am not a box collector. Besides every box screams at me: "Macarons were here and now there NONE, none for you to enjoy. ". So I will hesitate for about a month and then throw them away.
Always, always check the goodies; even before leaving the store. And always, always buy a couple extra to enjoy immediately on a way out.
Macarons are very-very Paris to me. Love the taste, how they melt in your mouth; love the look, colors – petite desert with an definite attitude
Dearest PB~ReplyDelete
I love you in spite of your macaroons.
Being lactose intolerant I can't have them (sigh),
but I do appreciate their visual qualities.
I'm almost afraid to go to France after reading "Julia & Julie" and "My Life in France". Do they make anything without butter. But then, there is always dark chocolate. Yum.
Happy to hear with my "top-knot" after sixty years, I've finally come into style. It is going to my head.
hugs~ Barbara in the Mojave
I like the large ones because there is so much goodness there, but with the minis you can have a variety and not feel ill afterward. My favorite is bitter chocolate, but any dark chocolate will do in a pinch. I also like vanilla,lemon, orange. I had some special ones on Free Macaron day last spring that I loved but I can't remember what they were.ReplyDelete
I tried making them once, but didn't let the batter sit long enough (I hadn't read this tip yet), so they were a little grainy. My friends at work thought they tasted right,but I wasn't happy with them.
The interesting thing is one of the men is from India and he asked for the recipe because they tasted like a cookie his mother made when he was young.
I tried a pistachio one in San Fransico one time. Delish!ReplyDelete
I have only eaten macarons from two places in my life: Pierre Herme and Laduree! When I stayed in Paris this past summer I knew I had to eat my first macarons from these famous places. The Laduree macaron to me was perfect: light, crispy, and so flavorful. The rose petal macaron was heavenly! I have never eaten macarons stateside, but I can imagine that nothing would compare to what I ate in Paris... but I would definitely try them here if I saw some!ReplyDelete
- Stef in very chilly Chicago1:49 PM
Are you over-the-top nuts about them the way I am?ReplyDelete
Have you tried to make them at home?
Once, they were so - so.
And do you search for them on your home turf, hoping and praying you'll find something close to a Parisien macaron?
Not search, but have tried a few here in Chicago. Nothing compared 2 Pari.
Do you like the big individual size macarons?
Or do you prefer the tiny jewel-like macs..?
Yes, and thanks for the chart! I save it.
A favorite macaron?
Pistache and bitter chocolate
I like the sqiggle line to define the coat sleeve on the fem on the right.
Stef in very chilly Chicago
- Wendy1:50 PM
Carol, to help you with your research:ReplyDelete
Les macarons..oooh.
The best little treat, non?
I love them in the morning
I love them at night
I love them in the afternoon
Oh, alright...ANYTIME
Les macarons, ooh.
The neat little treat, non?
I buy them at Paul's
I eat them on the street
I buy them at the corner store
At home I eat more.
Les macarons, ooh
What a pretty little treat, non?
I love them in citron
I love them in pink
I love vanille the best
But can't resist the rest
Les macarons, ooh!
PS Ooh I can't wait until we go back for April and May!
- Anonymous1:53 PM
Hi Carol,ReplyDelete
It should be obvious I (we) love macarons because YOU love them! Your blog is such a delight to visit daily. I have had macarons from Pierre Herme and Laduree. PH wins in my book. I (we) would love to hear more about your macaron project. I have some really great macaron pictures from my trip to Paris last December.
- Jill2:03 PM
I haven't had any macarons since 1994 when l was last in Paris. Would give anything to have them again but no one sells them in my town.ReplyDelete
Is there anywhere on line you can buy them?
I love the colours of them and seeing them nearly each day makes me want some more but l think if l did l would be holding them for ages just admiring the beautiful shape and glorious colours..
Jill xx
- Penelope2:04 PM
In Menomonie Wisconsin you do not find a Parisien macaroon - you merely long for them, remembering Paris from afar in your deepest dreams.ReplyDelete
As for the boxes, they are my real love, my desire. Since I've owned several stores that sold paper products (stupid name), such boxes feed my eyes and tactile needs. We do have a chocolate store though, that has chocolate cake and candy that will rival Paris chocolate - and therein lies peace (as long as I have to live here).
- Loni2:06 PM
Bonjour Carol,ReplyDelete
I am crazy about Paris Macrons aussi! I discovered them when in France, bien sur. I like the "little jewel" ones myself, because they are awfully sweet, so those big ones, kind of overwhelm me. Once I got them from Paul (the one in Versailles, in the mall) and they were a bit like cardboard--they had obviously been sitting there too long. I like the multi colored packages too. Altho, I prefer the flavors like chocolate and carmel and coffee, rather than fruit flavors. I can buy them here in Portland (Oregon) at a charming place called Papa Hayden (if you're ever in Portland, go to the one on NW 23rd). They make them too big, but they have a salt carmel, which is pretty amazing.
I had my mom bring me back a box once and it was all kind of crushed, but we ate them anyway! They don't really keep long and no, I have never attempted making them. The boulangerie here in Portland doesn't even make them except at Christmas, so I figure it's way beyond me. Have you made them? You could blog the mess it must make!Merci bien for your wonderful blog!
- Spike in Yokohama2:11 PM
I was amazed at how they appeared everywhere in Paris--inexpensive shops and expensive shops, some colored naturally some not, some unusual flavors--especially at the more expensive places, salty and sweet, all absolutely amazing. I like to try new ones but also have my favorites. I see them here in the French pastry shops here in Japan and want to try them but can never decide which flavors to buy--I want to eat just one but cannot chose only one! A good diet solution I suppose. I always enjoy your photos and drawings. Keep up the good work.ReplyDelete
Spike in Yokohama
- Michele2:20 PM
You opened my eyes to Paris macaroons. Somehow I stumbled on your site and joined. I LOVE the colors, the texture of the edges, the delicate smooth top and creamy filling. I want to be a Fat Baker in my next life so I'm dying to try my hand at them. I also have a passion for all things water-colored and your paintings make me want to step into the pictures you paint.ReplyDelete
Thank You,
- Denise2:22 PM
I have never had one. Where in the Detroit Metro area do you think I could find an authentic macaron??ReplyDelete
PS, I've been to Paris twice and can't get enough of it. I haven't been there in 4 years and now my friends have moved to Aix, so the next time I go to France, that is where I will be.
Glad to hear your interest in macarons again!ReplyDelete
My interest in macarons started when I saw a short piece on the Food Network about Pierre Herme in Paris. My husband and I were taking a trip to Paris that month so I took notes and put it on our to do list. When we got to Paris, I didn't know how much I would become obsessed with them! I saw the ginormous macarons close to our hotel, but what really impressed me was when I walked into the PH store on rue Bonaparte and also at a Lenotre near our hotel! I LOVED the colors, the textures and the flavors. I decided to painstakingly take some home as gifts for my family and for myself for later. I saved and brought home the colorful boxes, the beautiful bags, the napkins, the business cards, and the verrine glasses (we even had the glasses engraved with Pierre Herme as per his store's business card). I have them in our curio as a "shrine".
Back home after our trip, I started surfing the net about macarons and learned more about them...that's when I came across Paris breakfast! After that, I learned about the miniature PH from Rement/Mega-house, so of course, I have them too. I have tried looking for local macarons to NO avail :( My sister loved the macaron gift I gave her, so she started looking out for them. There are a few in Southern California, but nowhere close to where I live. This year, my wonderful sister found the big macarons in a little cafe in Pasadena. They are not up to PH or Lenotre standards, but they satisfy my obsession, and they have delicious hot chocolate!
I never had a chance to try the other Parisian patisseries (like Laduree), but I learned a lot from your blog so I know where to start my research when we go back to Paris. I was less than a Macaron novice when we went to Paris last year...actually, it was just chance I came across those PH macarons on TV. But now, I feel I have ample info to go deeper into macaron territory in Paris and I can't wait!
Thank you, Carol.
You are my Macaron Master!
- nancy in savannah2:42 PM
Actually have never had a Paris macaron! Not available in my small southern town, but will try next trip to NY or Paris. There is a locally famous cookie called a Chocolate Chewie which has the same basic dough: egg whites and powdered sugar. I'm quite successful with them, both baking and eating.ReplyDelete
nancy in savannah
- Susan2:45 PM
Ahhh so much to say...so little time.ReplyDelete
Well-I love Laduree macaroons. The SMALL ones only. I LOVE trying out the different flavours because one is always surprised.
Yes, I keep the boxes. When I travel I have a Laduree box on display to add refinement to any place I lay my head. My box celebrates Fragonard and contains rings and small pieces of jewelry.
I try and contain myself and wait til I get home so I can almost do a "tea ceremony" kind of ritual to savour the gorgeousness. If I'm tempted to woof them down immediately I feel I lose out on both counts - pleasure but also one eats macaroons for the elegance and refinement-not to stave off hunger pangs...so you stay hungry!
I love the Laduree green bags and once kept one as an 'object d'art" on display because of the way the light filters through it.
I always take note when I see a macaroon but I'm not often tempted because usually I'm disappointed but you have savoured the art from many famous macaroon patissiers. No, I would not dream of making them at home but I might assemble a macaroon ice cream dessert..
Hope that helps....I'm Paris bound next month. It's been 20 months since I left which means it's been 20 months since I have followed your blog!
You have helped keep Paris in my thoughts!
I can hardly contain myself with excitement.
I Love and miss Paris Macarons so much, although I first found them in Japan. I love the colours and just die that I cant try all those crazy Pierre Herme new flavours. Living in Australia the search for decent ones here is in vain. Paul had to learn to make them instead, they are the next big thing here oddly enough, but people are going to think they are just pretty as the taste and quality here is rubbish. Ive seen them sell for four dollars a piece what would go in the bin in a real patisserie. People insist on calling them macaroons here too, as though to call them macarons is a useless affectation, not a vital difference between the two items, sorry, but that drives me crazy! I think Laduree ones are great, all those colours and flavours available beautifully fresh every day, Pierre is great for his innovation and for taste I like Sadaharu Aoki, he also does chocolate dipped ones that are to utterly die for. Ive got Paul working on trying to make those too. For the home cook a great discovery is that they freeze perfectly, even a little better perhaps than before they were frozen?ReplyDelete
J'adore macarons. I get them from Caffe Luxe in Santa Monica. They are ridiculously expensive here ($1.50 for one). I love the vanilla kind. Will never attempt to make them myself- that could go horribly wrong.ReplyDelete
I have never been to Paris, but if I make it over there I'm heading straight to Laduree! There's only one place to find a macaron in Sacramento and they're very overpriced (and teeny tiny) there. I love the wonderful deep colors of the macarons in your photos. I never tire of looking at them!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9:47 PM
I have never had one.
Never been to Paris either...only through film and blogs such as your lovely one!
But I would LIKE to try macarons, make mine mini's please, that way I can try more of those delicious colours :)
Oh, and any frequent flyer miles you could send my way to put towards a plane ticket to said haven for macarons would also be divine...I'll apply for my passport today!!
You have struck a nerve! If you ever manage to get to the bottom of the list, here are my pensees:ReplyDelete
It's something to do with the deceptively simple shape, the phenomenal colors (why that should work for me when they are clearly artificial - and I'm dedicated to all things natural and organic!) and of course the difficulty of obtaining them figures in, and the big ones are just gross! Except for Isphahan....Small is better! And I think the name figures in...so close to macaroon but so clearly NOT macaroons...as to flavors, I must first try them all; then I will stick with the same 3 forever. Thank you for taking me away from the flu for a few minutes.
Like you, I am a macaron fanatic!! My favorite ones are from Pierre Herme, with Laduree being a close second. I always bring macarons home with me from Paris, I freeze them, and then I occasionally enjoy a Paris "fix"!!! I have tried other macarons in CA, but they don't even come close to the ones in Paris! I will be going back to Paris at the end of this month. One of my first stops--Pierre Herme. I can never get enough macarons--and my favorite ones are chocolate!! I like other French chocolate, too--such as the chocolate from Bernachon, chocolate mousse--but macarons are always at the top of the list!!ReplyDelete
I am obsessed with them! I do make them at home. My blog cupcakesfrancias.blogspot.com covers my experiences with making them. (I know I spelled francais wrong in my URL -- so embarassing!) In Paris, one night we sat in our hotel room and ate macarons and drank wine instead of going out for dinner. They are pretty much my favorite things ever.ReplyDelete
- Pamela11:54 PM
Dear Paris-breakfasts,ReplyDelete
My husband and I visited Paris for the first time in April of this year! What a wonderful experience it was! Our hotel was only a couple blocks from Laduree on the Champs E'lysee and I visited it quite often for the wonderful deserts. I would have waited endlessly for their delicious pastries... Finally, on our last day in Paris, I bought a box of their mini macaroons as a gift for my daughter. She absolutely loved them! I have kept all the beautiful boxes from Laduree as they are too pretty to toss. I can't wait to return someday, hopefully soon!
- Judi1:29 AM
Hi CarolReplyDelete
I love receiving your newsletter and am studying it quite seriously. I am off to Paris next week 22nd Oct - can't believe it really, my first time. Flying from Sydney to CDG is twenty something hours. I now feel compelled to do an in depth study of the macaron while there. Just for you of course. And I will report back
Thanks again
- Anonymous2:16 AM
What a lovely shout-out to the magnificent macaron! I really liked reading people's reasons for loving them, too. Me? Because they are one thing in a pâtisseriethat is gluten, dairy, and yeast FREE and I can eat them. Yay! :DReplyDelete
Plus, they are just so goshdarn pretty. Like doll food or something! :)
- Anonymous3:25 AM
Sarah--to make your macs smoother--you must sift the almond flour really well thru a very fine seive. Also try giving the batter one or two more folds. Then once you've piped them onto the cookie sheets, rap the pans hard on the counter to help flatten them and release bubbles. If they are still pointy on top, you can lightly smooth the tips with a dampened finger. If it continues to be a problem, you're probably using just a bit too much almond flour.ReplyDelete
Bugs--You shouldn't have any problems if you avoid cream fillings. Try the fruit flavors--those fillings tend to be just fruit and sugar like preserves. The shells have no milk or butter at all, only ground almonds, sugar and egg whites.
loved the last picture here, and the illustrations... fun post!ReplyDelete
I adore macarons so much that I had a pyramid of them (Laduree) at our wedding rather than a wedding cake! I like the little ones mainly so you can have many flavours in one sitting. And I also took a class to learn how to make them though they didn't turn out as light as Pierre Herme's exquisite specimens!ReplyDelete
- Brenda7:10 AM
I love macarons, especially french macarons. The macarons at Laduree are by far my favourite. I prefer the small size to the large. There is a little shop on Rue St Dominique that has large macarons but I never had the chance to go in. I don't believe I had a bad macaron whilst in Paris. Le Jules Verne had wonderful macarons as well!ReplyDelete
A little boulangerie in St Louis, La Bonne Bouchee, has good macarons as well. My daughter loves them! I hope to take her to Paris when she is older so she can experience french macarons.
With that being said, I have tried to bake them myself without luck. Although they were tasty, the turned out flat and cracked.
Here is the saddest story EVER... LOL... when I was in Paris... I did not know what a Paris macaron was... I never found out about Paris macarons until I started blogging a year and half ago... le sigh! I have only had a Paris macaron imitation in Beverly Hills. My goal is to get back to Paris and have a REAL one!!! Your photos make moi want to hop on a plane NOW!!!ReplyDelete
i love the plethora of colors that they come in and perhaps my favs would be the ginger and cherry ones. i have yet to make them but, have a receipe in hand...just have to pull out the mixer and get cracking...one day soon.ReplyDelete
- Bryan from Hong Kong2:40 PM
Dear Paris Breakfast,ReplyDelete
I got carried away by the massive lovely pictures of Macarons in my inbox.
I must say I love Macarons because they are really sweet and delicious, I have a sweet tooth, that's part of the reason. But there are so many flavors and options so its so hard to choose the ones I like most, they are quite addictive too. I think color and sweetness appeals to everyone and keeps them asking for more.
I think the ones in Paris taste the best, and they have all of the best patisserie such as Pierre Hermé. I always look around online to see what other patisserie are there, but the only one they have in Hong Kong are Jean Paul Hevin and LGB. They taste alright, but its not the same as the ones from Paris.
YES I do keep my boxes for other uses, they are simply too beautiful to throw away even the bags you get from buying them!
Bryan from Hong Kong
PS. I love what you do, please keep the pictures of macarons coming!
I love every thing about them - the color, the shape, the texture but most of all the taste! I have my favorite flavors but I always have to try something different too. Laduree is the mark by which I measure all macarons and recently on St. Armands Circle in Florida i came across le macaron-pretty close! http://lemacaron-us.com/ReplyDelete
- Barbara M.3:49 PM
I do hesitate to say this, but I have never tasted a Parisian macaron! Nor have I been to Laduree! and I decided not to wait in the line at Hermes! I discovered your blog just weeks before my last trip to Paris (Jan 09), and didn't know these important things about Paris.ReplyDelete
I can tell you, for sure, I will sample Macarons (probably framboise and citron, by flavor, and great colors for my other choices) and hunt down Laduree on my next trip. I will probably have hot chocolate at Les Deux Maggots instead of express, as well, just to give it a try.
I haven't seen Macaron's in our Bethlehem bake shops, but did mention them to a "nephew-in-law" who studied at CIA, cheffed at SanFrancisco Hilton and now runs "The Sweet Life Bakery" in Vineland NJ. with my niece (also a CIA grad). He assured me he made them when he was in SF.
My life obviously has a few sweet gaps to fill, which I will work on, bien sur.
Thanks for a great blog...
- Linda10:40 PM
I first fell in love with macarons on my first and only(so far) trip to Paris in 2004.ReplyDelete
The colors were so appealing and the flavors so interesting. While having tea and pastries at Laduree, my husband and I watched the long line of patrons waiting to buy macarons. We, of course,took some back to Portland.
It was like opening a box of 'Paris' right in our dining room. I kept the box for a few years but alas,in one of our many moves it disappeared!
Quelle nightmare!
I am a watercolorist also and immediately came home from Paris and did a pastry series which was exhibited in a local gallery.The macarons sold instantly and to my friends in NYC! I later discovered your site and lovely paintings.I enjoy it and live vicariously through your trips to Paris.
Our local macarons never measure up but I've had wonderful ones from "Macaron" in NYC,near Macy's.
I have a new cookbook from our local bakery,Grand Central Baking, containing a recipe for raspberry macarons. I may give it a try!
Hi, It's my pleasure to join this survey. I have been going to Paris since 1989 but didn't really try macarons until 2006. I thought they were like merengue so I really didn't pay them any attention. My first macarons were from Dalloyau and I got addicted. I've tried Laduree and Pierre Herme but I actually prefer Dalloyau.ReplyDelete
I dont bake so there is no way I can make these at home. I live and L.A. and there are a couple of places that sell them here but still not the same as thoe in Paris. My favorite flavors are pistachio and chocolate. Although when I took my first box home I went for the pretty pastel colors. And yes I do collect the Laduree boxes. I was at Laduree next to a couple who just left an empty box on the table, I grabbed it after they left but not after I got a weird look from the waiter.
Last time I was in Paris I even bought the totes and the bulldog notebook. Love your blog!
- Tatiana12:59 PM
Hi Carol, if you visit the restaurant of Le Meurice Hôtel in Paris, you'll be able to get a nice "macaron USB"ReplyDelete
I read it in "Cuisine & Vins de France", here is the information:
"À croquer. Clé USB imaginée par Yannick Alleno, livrée avec la recette du délicieux macaron detox servi au restaurant, 70 euros"
I hope you'll enjoy it!
Regards from Spain,
I will eat a Paris macaron on a plane, on a train, anywhere! I only purchase them in Paris, my favorite place Laudree (I know I spelled it wrong -LOL).ReplyDelete
I buy boxes and boxes and I keep the boxes as additional directions in my kitchen.
AND I have to keep the bags.
My 2nd place is Pierre Herme.
I wish I had one, and can't wait to return to Paris in January
Please keep sending the macaron pics!!!
- Michelle8:36 PM
Oh my, I finally made it to Paris last month. Ahhhhh, it was with great ceremony that I tried my first one at Laduree! I even have a picture of me eating my first bite! It was divine! My husband liked them as well....he described them as "candy-cookies". I think the appeal was of course in the FABULOUS taste. But, also they just look fun to eat. Plus, all of the photos I have seen on this site, I must say I COULD NOT wait to try one. They did not disappoint! I crave them now! *sigh* I made it back from Paris with a whole box for my kids.....TRUE LOVE!ReplyDelete
Here's a guy piping in with my love for macarons. I've only been to Paris twice, with my second trip a solo one purely for exploring the patisserie scene. I was in heaven. Couldn't get enough of the macarons. Laduree and Pierre Hermé were my second homes. Favourite flavours: Caramel/fleur de sel and olive oil/vanilla. Perfection.ReplyDelete
They are virtually impossible to find here in Toronto. I finally resorted to making some but couldn't find almond flour...only the coarser almond meal...so they were a little lumpy. I tried pomegranate but it wasn't that successful with the buttercream. Maybe I'll go classic next time. But they had the requisite foot and were crunchy/chewy.
Oh, and when a friend went on a business trip to Paris, I made him buy me a Laduree shopping tote. I love it but of course can never be seen toting in public so I use it to take my recyclables down the hall to the garbage chute in my condo. Charming indeed.
A bit late to the party but it's the colours that do it for me.ReplyDelete
Oh, joy! I casn be the 100th comment, if I get this written quickly enough . . . Let's see, I'm not as big a fan as you, Carol, since I just don't have the oportunities you do! I haven't been to Paris since, let's see, it was 1992, I think . . . Too long!! I like to sample all flavours, but I haven't had enough, nor recently enough, to have a favourite . . . nor do I have a favourite place to get them (I don't have ANY place to get them!). As for making them at home--sounds like a good idea, but far too daunting . . .ReplyDelete
Thanks for asking, though! :))
Yes, macarons say "Paris" to me! I buy them on every trip to eat along the way, and always bring some home as gifts. I prefer the mini's--the big ones taste good, but invaribly have a different texture. I've learned how to make them at home, and though they're tricky, I've had good results. I seem to always buy the same flavors too--caramel au burre sale, pistachio, and chocolate ALWAYS, and the occasional framboise, citron, fraise, orange, etc. At home I've made apricot and rose too. Love 'em! :)ReplyDelete
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So this week I will be mainly having myself sectioned before curling up into a little ball in the corner of a room with suspiciously soft walls and sucking my thumb. Or possibly I should just check myself into one of our local psychiatric sanatoria, which we like to call 'campsites' so as not to stigmatise the residents, whom we let out now and then to roam about the roads and hopefully gain from associating with normal well-balanced people. Though since most of them seem to use the opportunity either to bike up hills or watch other people biking up hills I might suggest that a change of regimen is in order.
Following last weekend's triumph on the Col de l'Echelle and a slightly poxy rainy Saturday, I decided that the best way to spend Sunday would be to cycle up the Col du Glandon. No, I have no idea either. Probably what psychiatrists call a fugue state.
According to mappy.com, the trip from Bourg d'Oisans to the col is 36km. I wouldn't use this site to do anything important like work out your holiday itinerary if I were you, because it was blatantly nearly 45km, which looks to me like something in the order of a 30% margin for error. (I could easily be wrong about this though – feel free to mock me in the comments section if so.) Mappy also estimated that it should take a cyclist 2h20 to complete the route, suggesting that the site is run by Team Sky on their down days.
Still, I have no doubt that the whole thing was character-building and most certainly a valuable learning experience. And here's what I learned:
1. http://www.mappy.com is rubbish. Because obviously I would have changed my mind about the project had I realised it was 45km and not a mere 36km.
2. Just because roads look straight on the map does not mean they will be in any way flat. It just means those bits which look like the wormcasts you used to find on the beach have the same sort of gradient as Beachy Head. Next time I do this sort of thing I will look at the route on a walkers' map which has sensible information like contours and altitude written on it. (Did I say 'next time' just then? Someone please lock me up.)
3. It is a bit chilly at 2000m, even in July. Let's face it, I really ought to know this. There's no way I'd go hiking at that altitude without a rucksack containing fleece, GoreTex jacket, trousers, woolly hat, first aid kit, head torch and spare ferret. There is no real reason why, just because I am riding a bike, I should consider it acceptable to be up there in not much more than my vest and pants.
4. It's positively arctic when you're whizzing back down at 50kph. I ought to know that as well, given how much time I spend explaining windchill during the winter season. It began to dawn on me that this might be the case when all the pro-looking types at the top started emptying the pockets of their proper cycling T-shirts (no-one else up there in a Marks & Spencer vest, I couldn't help noticing) and pulling out arm and leg warmers and fancy lightweight windproofs. Half way down, the sun went in and I arrived back in the valley literally shaking with cold, something which makes steering interesting, to say the least.
5. Cycling is not the cheap pastime it at first appears. All you need to do is buy the bike in the first place and you're off, right? Wrong. Clearly I should have leg warmers and a (no doubt extortionately expensive) windproof jacket. And one of those cycling T-shirts with pockets along the back to put them in.
6. It's not even cheaper than driving. If we believe mappy (which possibly we shouldn't), driving up there would have taken me half an hour and cost all of 3,47€. Replacing the calorie deficit took a pint of fruit smoothie (banana, raspberry, fromage blanc, honey and milk – try it, delicious) plus a pizza, all of which tots up to a good 12€. More if I have the seafood pizza. I can get half way to the parental chateau in Burgundy on 12€ worth of petrol, for God's sake.
7. Cyclists are lovely. Nobody passed me who didn't shout 'Allez!' or ask how I was doing, or say something unintelligible but vaguely encouraging in Dutch. Two people offered me their expensive energy gel thingies, and I suspect I might actually have died of cold and exhaustion if it wasn't for the fisherman who stopped his car, fed me madeleines and told me he too had cycled the route and it was indeed 'tres dur'.
Next weekend's activities may involve camping, wine and books. And just to make sure, I'm lending the bike to someone else (I suspect this is a bit like handing out free heroin samples). Maybe I could do a bit of gentle cycling the weekend after though – the Col d'Ornon perhaps. Or Lautaret. Or Alpe d'Huez.


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Two state participants from Skyline High School return for another season of Track and Field.
Senior Morgan Flowers and junior Brooke Fisher join 29 other athletes on the team. Four seniors, six juniors, 10 sophomores and 11 freshmen practice every day after school with coaches Summer Younie and Steve Little.
Younie coaches sprints, distance, jumps, hurdles and relays while Little coaches javelin, shot put and discus. Younie has been coaching track for 11 years and Little for 13 years.
"Most of all my expectations for track are just for kids to come out, stay busy, get stronger and faster, better their footwork and most of all, have fun," Younie said.
Flowers participated in the 100-meter dash and triple jump at State last year and Fisher ran the 3200 meter run.
"I'm really excited for track this year because I think it will be a lot of fun and it will give me a great experience to end my senior year with," Flowers said.
Younie has high expectations for both the boys' and girls' teams and the individuals. She thinks that she will have quite a few going to state if they make great improvements as the season goes on. Younie would also like to have a relay team go to state since she didn't have one go last year.
"I hope my 4x100 relay makes it to state because it is my favorite event," Flowers said.
Younie and Little want their athletes to score points, but they get just as excited when an athlete gets a personal best in the individual events, even if he/she doesn't place.
"Track is a great sport," Younie said. "Yes, the focus is on winning, but every athlete, good or not so good, can easily measure their success from meet to meet."
This is the most athletes Younie has ever had on her track and field team. Due to the moisture, the first three practices were limited to the gymnasium and the weight room. The first meet is March 28 at Kinsley.
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Chicago's $1.6 billion "Plan for Transformation" envisioned public housing in a way that would deconstruct an image of the city's poor all concentrated in huge housing silos.
The idea was to mix public-housing residents with market-rate condos and subsidized rentals or homes, with one-third of each in these new communities.
But after more than a decade in the works, one of the country's most closely watched public housing experiments has been hampered by the flailing economy. The agency has extended its deadline and is looking at a new approach to deal with the circumstances.
Meanwhile, protests continue at some of the developments the housing authority still plans to revamp.
Tough Years Ahead
Charles Woodyard, the agency's executive director, has been on the job now for a little more than a year. He says the Plan for Transformation, which began in 2000, has not been perfect, but it was brilliantly conceived and thoughtfully executed.
"No one has tried to do anything like this before, and the big thing that's kind of slowed us up is the economy now," he says. "In some ways, these last three years are gonna be tougher than the first 11 or 12."
The housing authority's goal is to replace 25,000 units of public housing by either constructing new housing or rehabbing buildings. It was supposed to be a five-year deal; Woodyard says the job is about 85 percent complete. There are still huge swaths of land in areas where public housing once stood.
The Lathrop Anomaly
The Lathrop Homes are one of the latest revamp efforts. At a recent open house, developers presented three scenarios for redesigning the low-rise public housing development on the city's north side.
"They are chosen to offer really different choices and to illustrate the trade-offs that happen on this site," says Doug Farr, president of Farr Associates and the lead planner for the redevelopment of Lathrop.
"The site has been historically designated, so it's eligible to be preserved and retained. On the other hand, we hear a lot about how isolated it is physically," he says. "It is not connected to the surrounding neighborhoods."
Lathrop is an anomaly. Besides being on the National Register of Historic Places, it's an integrated development with black, white and Latino residents. It's located in a gentrifying area of Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood and not far from the city's upscale Lincoln Park neighborhood.
It used to be home to about 900 families. The three proposals call for the mixed-income development to have as many as 1,600 units. Four hundred would be set aside for public housing families, and the rest would be a mix of market-rate and affordable housing. One of the scenarios includes a 28-story, high-rise tower.
Against The Market-Rate Housing
Driving through the development, Mary Thomas shows where generations of her family have lived in Lathrop's row houses, or four-story brick walk-up buildings.
Thomas has lived here for eight years with her husband and 7-year-old son. Lathrop sits on what many now consider prime land, next to the Chicago River. A busy street splits the development into a north and south section.
The north side is completely shuttered, cordoned off by gates, a ghost town of boarded-up buildings. Thomas lives in the open southern section, where steam from the old heating system wafts into the street. About 170 of the 900-plus units are occupied.
Thomas says all three of the concepts for Lathrop should be dumped and there should be more input from residents. She says there's little affordable housing in the area and there's no need for market-rate units at all.
"And we've been chanting that for years. No market rate — period — because this neighborhood is saturated with market rate," she says. "And half of it is going into foreclosure, and what are they going to bring more of it in here for?"
Especially, she says, with thousands on the housing authority's waiting list for public housing.
An Integration Debate
Woodyard says the agency may take a second look at units that have been taken offline throughout the agency and may consider reopening some.
While there are some rehabbed developments under the Plan for Transformation, Woodyard says it's important for the public to understand that communities where everyone is a public-housing resident are not financially sustainable and eventually cause the developments to fall into disrepair.
"I don't think that the people in Lathrop feel like they're a huge part of Logan Square or Lincoln Park. They go shopping up and down the corridors in the area, but it feels to me a little more like a hole in the doughnut," he says. "And what I really want to see is that the Lathrop footprint is more integrated into the surrounding neighborhood."
Retail and more green space will draw people to the Lathrop area, Woodyard says.
Those types of comments raise the ire of Robert Davidson, president of the Lathrop Advisory Council. He and his wife have lived at Lathrop since 1991. He says the public-housing residents there are engaged in their neighborhood and that only outsiders think that they are isolated.
"The outsiders don't speak for us because they ain't never going to say anything that keeps them out or pushes them out. Never will they say that. Because why? They see a gold mine," Davidson says. "That's what they see because of the gentrification that's going on here around us. They want to say that we're an eyesore so they can build all this market-rate stuff and make hundreds of billions of dollars in the future."
Davidson is part of the working group that met with the Lathrop developers, but he says residents have really had no say in the fate of Lathrop Homes.
Like other public-housing residents who've been moved out of gentrifying neighborhoods, Davidson calls the push to change Lathrop a land grab. Woodyard disputes that charge and says the agency's goal is to make sure there are 900 units of public housing in the Logan Square/Lincoln Park neighborhoods — just not all concentrated on the Lathrop site.
Revamping The Approach
Plans call for the Lathrop design to be final after more public hearings in the next six months.
Now, the agency aims to finish the transformation of all of its housing by 2015 and that, Woodyard says, means there will be some changes.
"You can't execute the Plan for Transformation like we've been doing the last 11 or 12 years — basically, new construction and rehab. That's not going to get you there in the next three years," he says.
Woodyard says the agency must think about buying existing properties and creating different ways to subsidize public housing. The housing authority's strategy will become more apparent during the first quarter of 2013, when it plans to unveil its recalibration of the city's huge housing experiment.
One of the most closely watched public housing experiments in this country is now more than a decade old. Under the Chicago Housing Authority's plan for transformation, Chicago tore down all of its notorious high-rises, replacing them with mixed-income communities. But even after all these years, it's still a contentious process. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.
CHERYL CORLEY, BYLINE: The Julia C. Lathrop Homes on Chicago's North Side is on the National Register of Historic Places. The development was built in 1937, and these days it's nearly a ghost town.
MARY THOMAS: So, this is about where everybody lives, where they moved us all together.
CORLEY: Mary Thomas is driving through Lathrop. It's an integrated community of blacks, whites and Latinos. She lives there with her husband and young son and she points out the row houses and solid four-story brick walk-ups where her neighbors live.
THOMAS: And as you can see, too many empty apartments.
CORLEY: It's all boarded up.
THOMAS: Yeah, it's all boarded up.
CORLEY: Big grassy areas and playgrounds are cordoned off by fencing. Lathrop sits right next to the Chicago River. It has more than 900 units. Fewer than 200 are occupied. For a dozen years, the Chicago Housing Authority has torn down decrepit or troubled public housing, replacing it with mixed-income communities under the plan for transformation. In those new neighborhoods, public housing residents live next door to market rate homeowners and renters in subsidized or affordable homes.
CORLEY: Scores of people showed up for a recent open house where developers displayed three design concepts for a new Lathrop.
DOUG FARR: They are chosen to offer really different choices and to illustrate the tradeoffs that happen on this site.
CORLEY: Doug Farr is president of Farr Associates, the lead planner for Lathrop Homes' redevelopment.
FARR: This site has been historically designated, so it's eligible to be to be preserved and retained. On the other hand, we hear a lot about how isolated it is physically. It's not connected to the surrounding neighborhoods.
CORLEY: Neighborhoods that are either upscale or gentrifying. The concepts would place far more housing on the Lathrop site from the 900-plus units there now to as many as 1,600 units with 400 set aside for public housing. One of the scenarios includes a 28-story high-rise tower. Critics say all three designs should be dumped and residents should have more input. Mary Thomas agrees. Back near her home, Thomas said there's little affordable housing in the area and there's a need for much more.
THOMAS: And we've been chanting that for years - no market rate, period. Because this neighborhood is saturated with market rates, and half of it is going into foreclosure. And what are they going to bring some more in here for?
CORLEY: Especially, said Thomas, with thousands of people on the CHA's public housing waiting list. But Chicago Housing Authority Executive Director Charles Woodyard says mixed-income communities are more successful.
CHARLES WOODYARD: All I am asking is that you don't have the type of enclave that almost appears to have an invisible fortress around it, that you have no reason at all to walk through Lathrop and see and interact with people who don't look like you.
CORLEY: Woodyard says he's not talking about race, since Lathrop is integrated but more about class in the gentrifying neighborhood. Those types of comments raised the ire of Robert Davidson. He and his wife have lived at Lathrop since 1991 and he is the president of the advisory council. He says the public housing residents at Lathrop are engaged in their neighborhood and it's only outsiders who think they are isolated.
ROBERT DAVIDSON: And the outsiders don't speak for us because they ain't never going to say anything that keeps them out or pushes them out. Never will they say that. Because why? They see a goldmine. That's what they see because of the gentrification that's going on here.
CORLEY: Although Davidson is part of the working group that meets with the Lathrop developers, he says residents have really had no say-so about the fate of Lathrop Homes. The CHA's Woodyard says 900 units of public housing at Lathrop will be replaced in the area; just not all concentrated on the development site. It will take six months to complete Lathrop's design plans. The transformation for all of CHA's public housing is scheduled to be complete by 2015. Cheryl Corley, NPR News, Chicago. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Good idea - making up games to play with younger siblings
Bad idea - taking off every couch cushion and dragging out every blanket in order to play game
Really bad idea - tying blankets to and stacking cushions by the front door, prohibiting anyone from entering your house
Good idea - writing and illustrating a book to read to siblings
Bad idea - soaking pages of book in pickle juice to give it an "aged" look
Really bad idea - putting the pages in the microwave to dry (this is a really, REALLY bad idea)
Good idea - helping mom by sweeping up the dirt mess you made on the kitchen floor
Bad idea - sweeping dirt under the rug while mom is watching
Really bad idea - lying to mom and telling her that you didn't just sweep the dirt under the rug
Good idea - making a little snack for you and your siblings
Bad idea - making homemade caramel without a recipe
Really bad idea - burning brown sugar and butter until the smoke alarms go off and then abandoning mess, leaving it for mom to clean up
Good idea - playing ball
Bad idea - in the house
Really bad idea - using glue to try to fix the vase you broke (ok, so I stole that one from the Brady Bunch)
After I made my bed this morning, my little boy came in my room, jumped on my bed and proceeded to roll himself up in my comforter. Errrr! Clayton! Look what you did to my bed! I just made it! Come out from there now!
A little voice, muffled from the confines of the comforter, said, "But I can't come out. I'm not a butterfly yet." A few seconds later, he emerged from the wrappings of my comforter and "flew" off my bed,
I was typing away on my computer this evening when my son walked into my room and said, "Mom, do you have any medicine for overgrown toes?"
I continue typing, not really paying attention. Several seconds pass until what he's asked, finally clicks in my head.
"Overgrown toes???" I look down at his feet. Sure enough, he has an "overgrown" toe, the product of a baseball stuffed into the end of his sock. I burst out laughing.
I love when they do something goofy like that out of nowhere.
Well, I'm off to watch Harry Potter with the kids. 'Night!


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Finally! My BFTE review, I've been meaning to get this in your hands sooner y'all but I have been so busy having fun with these minerals trying to create different looks!
First of all, the customer service is beyond excellent! Crystal, the owner of BFTE, is amazingly sweet and responds to you right away (not to mention beautiful!), and I love awesome customer service when it comes to these mineral makeup companies simply because most of them are owned by one person and one person only (at most 3 people!) and yet they manage to multi-task and respond to customers, pack and ship, create...all at once!
Secondly, the website itself Beautyfromtheearth.com carries a wide range of mind blowing colors guaranteed to suit you ladies who love earthy, natural looks to even the ladies that are not afraid to show off some bright colors! I LOVE how they have actual swatches of each color on the website and not just a computer generated or blurry picture of a swatch. Why is this a bonus for me? Because it really helps me decide what colors I want and allows me to see what color I should expect rather than guessing which shade of blue it is for example. Also, since many mineral companies don't accept returns or exchanges, it can be scary buying a full size of something you are not sure of. They even have a few models showcasing different looks and colors on the site which paints an even better picture of what colors to get!
My favorite colors? Grape, Green Apple, Karma, Peacock, and Jaded
I had an opportunity to try these gorgeous mineral eyeshadows and I love the color-payoff and how vibrant they are, even without a base! I highly suggest using a mixing medium (glycerin/water mix, see the label on the right on how to make your own homemade mixing medium), because this helps pigments adhere to your eyelids more as well as making the color bolder. They are very easy to blend and work with, and I love the shimmer they give!
They also have a 5-piece sample kit which includes 5 baggie samples of any colors of your choice for only $5! That's only $1.00 a bag and there is plenty to last you many uses. Full sizes come in a 5 gram sifter jar packed with enough product to last you a long time! They also have blushes, mineral foundation, skincare products, and more!
Swatches (ALL DONE DRY, NO BASE-sorry forgot to swatch "Jaded" but the color as is, is on my lid down below):
Here are just SOME of the looks I did using some of the BFTE minerals, as you can see the possibilities are endless because BFTE has a lot of colors to choose from!
BFTE e/s in "Karma" (on lid) and "Purple Iris" on contour
BFTE e/s in "Grape" (I love it!)
BFTE e/s in "Jaded" and MAC e/s in "Carbon" on outer-V and contour. Lower lashline is Milani's Color Brilliance Eye Pencil in "Green".
BFTE e/s in "Grape" on lid, BFTE "Blueberry" on contour:
BFTE e/s in "Green Apple" on the lid, "Purple Iris" on the contour, and "Grape" on outer-V:
Other looks you can do with BFTE minerals...some looks are not with BFTE, but wrote down very similar dupes since BFTE is a lot cheaper than high-end brands!
BFTE e/s in "Envy" on inner corner, "Green Apple" on middle of the lid with "Emerald Green" on the outer-V and contour:
BFTE e/s "Karma" mixed with "Strawberry":
BFTE e/s in "Grape", "Lemon", "Tangerine", "Raspberry", and "Green Apple":
BFTE e/s in "Raspberry", "Karma", and "Grape":
BFTE e/s in "Lemon" on the lid, "Grape" or "Purple Iris" on outer-V and contour:
BFTE e/s in "Purple Iris" and "Grape":
BFTE e/s in "Karma" and "Purple Iris" (on contour):
BFTE e/s in "Envy" or "Green Apple" on inner corner, "Peacock" on the middle of the lid, "Grape" on outer-V:
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Product Review: Beauty From The Earth Minerals
36 comments
- Anonymous said...
Oh my Gosh.
I love how bright the colours look.
And I gotta say I love what you were able to do with the colours on your eyes! Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing about this company, I'm browsing their site now...
- July 22, 2008 at 2:17 AM
- christy. said...
gorgeous colors (: i love how creative you get with makeup.
- July 22, 2008 at 3:35 AM
- xoxo Jaimie said...
I'm LOVING the green apple and the grape!
- July 22, 2008 at 5:55 AM
- Anonymous said...
beautiful!!!!! love your looks =)
- July 22, 2008 at 5:58 AM
- Anonymous said...
beautiful!!!!! love your looks =)
- July 22, 2008 at 5:58 AM
- Askmewhats said...
The colors looked awesome! and all the looks are pretty, my favorite would be "Karma mixed with Strawberry" So pretty and feminine!!! LOVELY!
- July 22, 2008 at 6:02 AM
- Nic Nic said...
i love all those colors on you esp. the 2 looks with Jaded and apple green! hotness!
- July 22, 2008 at 6:29 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
whoa this is some good stuff, and you have so many looks from it that are too cute...i really need to start using mineral e/s more often! thanks sis :)
- July 22, 2008 at 6:34 AM
- Gee said...
Great review! They are super pigmented! I really like Strawberry!!!
- July 22, 2008 at 7:01 AM
- Misti said...
Holyholyholy COW!!!
*off to buy samples...*
- July 22, 2008 at 7:18 AM
- Vanessa <3 said...
hehe i like your purple and yellow hearts :)
- July 22, 2008 at 9:52 AM
- *Jen* said...
I love the Karma/Strawberry combo so much! It looks gorgeous on you!
- July 22, 2008 at 9:59 AM
- Joey said...
Gorgeous! You always have the best FOTDS (:
BFTE seems like a really good MM company. I just have too many mineral shadows to use ): lol!
- July 22, 2008 at 10:33 AM
- nai nai said...
i LOVE the jade e/s w/ mac's carbon! its soo simple yet stunning! thanks for posting this review, BFTE looks like a great site, but i can't afford it right now...
- July 22, 2008 at 11:53 AM
- Jamila said...
OMG! They are all fab! The last one is my favorite. You did a great job. Thanks for posting.
- July 22, 2008 at 11:54 AM
- eBeautyBlog said...
I love all your looks...they're so unique and beautiful. My favorite one is the purple and lemon with the two hearts on the side. So gorgeous!!!
- July 22, 2008 at 1:42 PM
- Shades Of U said...
Pretty pretty! As usual I am drawn to the greens. Gorg!
- July 22, 2008 at 1:52 PM
- iamgrape1119 said...
WOW! All the colors look so vibrant! I love all of your FOTDs!
- July 22, 2008 at 3:39 PM
- Alyson said...
Those colors are BEAUTIFUL! I wish loose pigments were easier to deal with.
- July 22, 2008 at 4:00 PM
- Alyson said...
p.s. please post what lipsticks those are! :)
- July 22, 2008 at 4:02 PM
- AnnaBanna said...
i'm going to go broke on ur blog w.all ur suggestions lol!
these look great though! they look just as pigmented as mac's pigments!
- July 22, 2008 at 4:02 PM
- Alyssa said...
How gorgeous are these pigments! :) Then again everything looks good on you. My two favorites are the yellow and purple; it reminds me of the Lakers, and the second to last; such a pretty purple color. :)
- July 22, 2008 at 4:04 PM
- Emilee @ GMM said...
Great looks! I especially like the Lakers' one. :)
Thanks for the head's up on the sample kit!
- July 22, 2008 at 4:17 PM
- Mrs. Lynne, MakeupFix.net said...
lovely as always sis. and loved how you compiled a visual of looks!
- July 22, 2008 at 7:03 PM
- Jennifer L said...
oh man i know what u mean, i've been having trouble with verification codes all day today.
not only is it so hard to read, it's not even loading up for me, don't know if ur having the same trouble
- July 22, 2008 at 10:19 PM
- Christiana Divine @ Memoirs of A Shopping Addict said...
i'm in love with the "karma" and "purple iris" look, and the "grape" and "blueberry" look, and the "jaded" and "carbon" look and the second pic with "grape". haha. :) pwetty colors. every time you post looks, you inspire me to put on eyemakeup... because i've honestly been makeup less most of this summer. haha.
- July 23, 2008 at 12:01 AM
- missxxmai said...
OH MAN! i love these. you make me want to order some, but i'm on a NO BUY. LOL, love love love all of your looks. you're the one of the first that inspired me to wear makeup!
- July 23, 2008 at 6:36 AM
- hooked said...
hehe... looks like the one you have listed as strawberry is actually raspberry!
- July 23, 2008 at 6:52 AM
- Vanessa said...
hooked the label says strawberry and I have the pure luxe version in strawberry and its the same
- July 23, 2008 at 7:33 AM
- Robyn said...
Wow! You are so creative applying those colors! I'm in awe; I suck at the bold looks - maybe because I'm an old fart? LOL
- July 23, 2008 at 9:57 AM
- Izar said...
Hi Vanessa!
Thanks for dropping by at my blog; it's always so good to talk to you!
I hope you're doing fine dear. *hug*
Loving that rainbow-look! These minerals seem very bright and lots of fun to play with. I will not be shopping for make-up for a while (not until until payday anyway), but maybe I'll give this company a try when I'm finally allowed to splurge. :-)
I love your bangs, by the way! They're so versatile: you can wear them as they are, or brush them back, and you look great no matter what! ^_^
- July 23, 2008 at 12:39 PM
- hooked said...
oh ok, sorry, just in your first picture the bottom of the jar says raspberry.
- July 25, 2008 at 8:33 AM
- Vanessa said...
Hooked, yeah it was mislabeled :)
- July 25, 2008 at 9:02 AM
- Bliss said...
Your colour combos are always gorgeous and im so loving the jade on you :)
- July 25, 2008 at 8:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
You do the glitter-star thing too?! I love your choice of color.:)
- July 27, 2008 at 9:28 AM
- Anonymous said...
I love all your EOTDs/FOTDs, very pretty! I'll have to check out Beauty From The Earth. Currently I really like AromaLeigh Cosmetics, Meow Cosmetics and some of Lumiere Cosmetics.
- July 29, 2008 at 4:30 PM


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