20 Saturday Apr 2013
I am at the first ever Hot Sauce Expo at the East River State Park in Williamsburg and Dana’s is here with a ghost pepper macaron! I actually met Dana and she was so sweet!! She gave me one of her limited edition jelly donut macarons when I told her I was a big fan! 🙂 I was totally starstruck when I met her.
10 Wednesday Apr 2013
Posted in American, bakeries, Brooklyn, bucket list, chocolate, French, fruit, herbs and spices, macarons, New York, Queens, snacks, sweets, wagashi, Williamsburg
Macaron Parlour on Saint Marks has a Cheetos macaron. They sprinkle each one with cheesy orange dust.
They also make a candied bacon macaron that has a real strip of bacon inside.
20 Wednesday Feb 2013
Posted in bakeries, bucket list, celebrations, French, fruit, macarons, New York, snacks, sweets, wagashi
Ladurée on Madison Ave is now offering cognac macarons and rose tea macarons. In addition, there is a limited edition Reed Krakoff macaron featuring dark chocolate and a matching gift box.
03 Monday Dec 2012
Posted in bakeries, bucket list, celebrations, French, fruit, macarons, New York, snacks, sweets, wagashi
You won’t find the new saveurs de NoĂ«l macaron listed on the menu yet but if you ask nicely enough the staff at LadurĂ©e NYC might be able to find some in the basement!
It is my new favorite macaron! The “Christmas flavors” are chocolate, candied clementine peel, cinnamon, star anise, and vanilla. The person who helped me at LadurĂ©e today said it was “chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon, and calamansi” but I double checked in the holiday collection guide and it confirmed the first description (no calamansi). This delicious macaron is very rich, much like a brownie.
Here is a shot of two “Christmas flavors” macarons, two chestnut, one blood orange with ginger, and a hazelnut guimauve.
The new Christmas box, inspired by famous Indiennes of the 16th century.
01 Saturday Dec 2012
Posted in bakeries, bucket list, celebrations, French, macarons, New York, snacks, sweets, wagashi
LadurĂ©e New York is now selling chestnut macarons! The mysterious “Christmas flavors” macaron should be available next week, according to the gal I talked to on the phone from the boutique this morning. What could these Christmas saveurs be? Gingerbread? Mistletoe? Reindeer droppings?
Here is a screenshot of the saveurs de Noël macaron from the Ladurée website.
12 Monday Nov 2012
The macarons at Panya can be a little dry and are often gummy, but the wasabi macaron I had today was surprisingly palatable. They are $1.50 per piece and should be brought to room temperature before consumption.
Panya
8 Stuyvesant Street
New York NY 10003
(212) 777-1930
23 Tuesday Oct 2012
Posted in allium, American, bucket list, celebrations, foraging, macarons, New York, seafood
lobster roll (on a toasted marshmallow)
I recently had the most amazing dinner of my life at Atera. The $165 tasting menu included almost 30 different items. Here are some photos of my favorites.
“razor clams” – mini air baguette painted with squid ink and filled with clam ice cream and sorrel
tomato ice with sea urchin
lichen chip
lichen chip with aioli and malt sauce
beer macaron with sturgeon roe
sprouted grain ice cream
peekytoe crab with artichokes petals in herb broth
young vegetables with pastrami cured seared duck hearts
tomato with milk ice cream
rosewater ice rose
open kitchen with chef Lightner
edible black walnut shell
lamb tartare with burnt crisp
“ramen” – squid strip noodles and dissolvable seasoning packet
pine nut wafers
salsify “churro”
beet ember
barbeque sweetbreads
11 Wednesday Jul 2012
I went to LadurĂ©e yesterday for the first time in weeks. I had been so upset about the discontinuation of the muguet (lily of the valley) flavor that I couldn’t bare even to pass by the storefront.
Overwhelmed with curiosity about the new summer flavors, I found myself in line once again trying to decide which of the new boxes I was going to buy for my collection. I chose this one in honor of the “Queen’s Diamond Jubilee”.
New flavors include basil & lime, strawberry & poppy (not poppyseed, but poppy petals), and the latest “incroyable” strawberry, with a guimauve (marshmallow) filling and a bit of sugar sprinkled on top.
05 Tuesday Jun 2012
I just picked up my order of macarons from Dana’s Bakery! They look even better than on the website!
The Fruity Pebbles macaron was calling my name and I tried it even though it was still a bit cold from the fridge at Corrado Bakery where I picked it up.
It was amazing!!! It tastes like a bowl of Fruity Pebbles cereal and had a unique texture because it seems like there are actual bits of cereal in the shell. I loved it and can’t wait to try the other ones!
04 Monday Jun 2012
Dana’s Bakery, based in New Jersey, is having a 20% off sale for new customers and I am picking up my first order tomorrow. It was so hard to choose from the twelve flavors currently available! I’m really looking forward to this Fruity Pebbles one! I’ll let you know what they’re like tomorrow after I pick them up.
I was in Long Island City yesterday and stopped at Little Oven Bakery. They were kind of wiped out from a weekend’s worth of weddings but I was told that they’d have a clementine & pink pepper macaron available this week. I love pink peppercorns. I just hope that they don’t use chocolate filling like the do with the passion fruit one.
Chinook Olive 