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), ...

A tower of pastel macarons looks impressive enough to be fit for the Palace of Versailles. But can you make something that airy, that delicate … that pink? A snowstorm almost got in the way, but ...

Plain ol' macarons are a thing of the past, as impeccably decorated ones have started to flood bakeries and our social media feeds. We thought we'd already seen the most Instagram-worthy variations ...