• Baking Recipes,  Cookies,  J'adore macarons,  Timeless Treats

    I think I’ve found my Holy Grail Macaron recipe

    On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your knowledge on Netspeak? I would probably be at a 5. Ironically, despite all the time I spend online, my Internet vocabulary is pretty poor. Until last year I had no idea what it meant to “ship”, and to think that is just one in the 9000+ new slang words being spoken on the Interwebs on a daily basis. Am I THAT behind on pop culture now that I’m at my mid-20’s? Am I more old-fashioned than I thought? (I would like to think NOT!) I’m not updated on the abbreviated Internet slang dictionary either, but that may be…

  • Baking Recipes,  Cookies,  David Lebovitz,  J'adore macarons

    Two bits of good news

    You guys!!!!!!! I did it. I made macarons!!!!! With feet!!!!! On my first try!!!!! Now on a typical day, seeing this much exclamation points would make me cringe, but not today. Because apparently the only way I can describe my feelings about this success is: !!!!!!! In hindsight I kind of wish I had spent significantly less time worrying about whether I would fail or not and used that time to actually attempt macarons. Considering all my past ventures into things involving whipping egg whites into a sort of meringue turned out better than I always anticipated, I think I may have unconsciously held unto those when I finally decided…