Making beautiful macarons isn’t hard, but it can be fussy and even counterintuitive. The almond meal (or flour) should be finely ground. If a bit coarse, process the almond flour and powdered sugar in ...

• Don’t overmix. “I like to err on the side of underwhipped as opposed to overwhipped. If you overmix, they’ll crack. They’ll come out too crunchy and flat and sometimes they’ll have a hollow space ...

French macaron … I like how the sound of it just rolls off my tongue, but prefer it a hundred times more when I take a bite of it! When made right, this Parisian sweet indulgence is as gorgeous as ...

Hippity-hop, here comes the Easter Bunny! But this year the dapper Monsieur Lapin (French for "rabbit") has dumped the colorful jelly beans and hard-cooked eggs and filled his basket instead with ...

The first time I had a French macaron was in Paris at Ladurée and what a magical experience it was. I wasn’t too sure what I was eating, but all I knew was that it was sweet (überly sweet, in fact), ...

Call me a heretic, but I’ve been thinking it’s about time the Easter Bunny spruced up his product line. Eggs are fine and Peeps are cute, but as Thumper’s 21st century image consultant, I’d advise he ...