Macaron Day!

So, have you heard that macaroons are the new cupcakes? Me neither. But today in New York, a very famous pastry chef named Francois Payard decided to try and reverse the cupcake mania that has gripped North America since Magnolia Bakery was featured on Sex and City. Basically, there were about eight or so bakeries in New York today that had agreed to participate in Macaron Day and if you went into one of those bakeries today and said you were there for Macaroon Day, they gave you a free one. Now, I am all about the cheap but after your free one, if you wanted to buy any macarons, all the proceeds went to City Harvest which is a non-profit organization in New York that deals primarily with feeding the homeless. Basically, it is a win-win situation: free macarons and feeding hungry New Yorkers. Collin and I went to Bouchon Bakery to partake in Macaron Day, which is Thomas Keller's restaurant/bakery in Columbus Circle and the teeny-tiny macarons that we received there were absolutely delightful. Macarons, which, because I think I forgot to mention it are meringue, almond paste and sugar cookies sandwiched together with a flavoured buttercream or jam, are always delightful, but for some reason, today's selection tasted like little drops of sunshine...enjoy!


First of all, if you have never seen one, here is a macaron, in fact here are two, a lemon one and a caramel one.


Collin's macaron with a quarter to give you an idea of just how much New Yorker's are willing to give for free.