Comments on: Macaron mania!

By: parisbreakfast

parisbreakfast — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:15:15 +0000

I’m a Taurus too FYI
Did you notice the P Herme recipe is TPT (tant pour tant) equal parts almond flour/icing sugar?
Interesting!!

By: Mardi@eatlivetravelwrite

Mardi@eatlivetravelwrite — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:08:48 +0000

No I was not too certain about the recipes there but it is a beautiful book!

By: Marisa Rechenberg

Marisa Rechenberg — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:10:18 +0000

I saw by chance the book in the bookstore, bought and devoured with my eyes! Then, first attempt, lemon custard: too liquid to be piped. Second attempt: buttercream. Got super hard and there was no advise as to take out x hs before you pipe it etc. The translation from japanese doesn’t seem to have been revised, so many macaron-terms that are not there. So I don’t even tried the shell recipes, I’m still using the same I had

By: Mardi@eatlivetravelwrite

Mardi@eatlivetravelwrite — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:57:27 +0000

Thanks Helen – I am QUITE familiar with Cannelle et Vanille… If you read on in January, I successfully made macs TWICE. This month, errrr.. not so much. Temperamental little things they are…

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:17:43 +0000

I’ve just stumbled across your lovely blog in my quest for all things macaron; it’s most serendipitous that I found you.
1. I’m obsessed by macarons;
2. I want to perfect making them in 2010; and
3. I’m a Taurus
Mais je ne parle pas francaise bien.
Still 3 out of four isn’t bad. It will be fun observing your progress. If you haven’t checked out this site I would suggest you might enjoy it http://cannelle-vanille.blogspot.com/2008/01/about-cannelle-et-vanille.html she makes beautiful macarons and gives some great tips to ensure success.
Best wishes
Helen