Jour du Macaron - 20 mars 2013

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIR9HBT2kYaa73J16CPeFEuc3vg-zKwiQZvX_Cd05xjPSkoP6EvZDFX2nMBwuurs6nzMoWXDlsuJraVE2glfRPJwwpjSR5JJqINO02-bLZxNuC2RJAzjd8mpA1wR2vhqu5MHeTwJyNzNc/s1600/2010+Dec+3+IMG_3130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIR9HBT2kYaa73J16CPeFEuc3vg-zKwiQZvX_Cd05xjPSkoP6EvZDFX2nMBwuurs6nzMoWXDlsuJraVE2glfRPJwwpjSR5JJqINO02-bLZxNuC2RJAzjd8mpA1wR2vhqu5MHeTwJyNzNc/s640/2010+Dec+3+IMG_3130.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pierreherme.com/jour-du-macaron" target="_blank">Jour du Macaron</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Oh, how I wish that I was in Paris today to enjoy the celebration of macarons.  Started by Pierre Hermé several years ago, one could run to each of the stores for up to three free macarons at each.  For those who made it to every Pierre Hermé in Paris there was a beautiful box of macarons, a treasure chest.  Pierre Hermé made a charity donation in honor of the day. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The success of the day quickly put a halt to the free macaron hunt and end-of-day bonus.  Still, it would be fun to follow the map for a macaron-saturated day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pierre Hermé</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">all over Paris (and Beyond)</span></i></div>

Jour du Macaron - 20 mars 2013

Jour du Macaron Oh, how I wish that I was in Paris today to enjoy the celebration of macarons.  Started by Pierre Hermé several years ago, o...

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Pierre Hermé - Jour du Macaron 2012

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5QzId5Waa27Si7sqZPd7G2IdG3NxwmssVeXwD1MvwkthmgYwUoBMXbv-KKlmiIOPZN8OFyhL-3e-dim2amCSPugT6dzgyNQ-HRvBaiXCe7mJo9s5nUpcTRWmhHTbLqw8N9hmcPFGD5k/s1600/2010+macarons+avril+0096.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5QzId5Waa27Si7sqZPd7G2IdG3NxwmssVeXwD1MvwkthmgYwUoBMXbv-KKlmiIOPZN8OFyhL-3e-dim2amCSPugT6dzgyNQ-HRvBaiXCe7mJo9s5nUpcTRWmhHTbLqw8N9hmcPFGD5k/s640/2010+macarons+avril+0096.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yes, these are macarons, but they are not from Pierre Hermé.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">They were made by Holly and me in a three-day frenzy of scientific study and baking.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">They were divine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Today is </span><a href="http://www.pierreherme.com/jour-du-macaron-en" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Jour du Macaron</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, a festival of these tasty delights by Pierre Hermé.  For the seventh year now the pâtisserie holds an event which I would compare to a treasure hunt.  You are given a card with the map of PH locations.  You can go to each location and select <strike>three macarons</strike> one macaron of the 25 flavors available on this wonderful day.  You are encouraged to drop a small donation in the box which will be given to charity.  You go to each of the 8 PH boutiques, selecting a macaron from each, and get your card stamped.  If you make it to all of the PH stores by the end of the day, you are rewarded with a box of 35 macarons!  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The rules have changed this year as in prior years there were <strong>three macarons</strong> at each stop!  I guess that it got to be too popular.  I have several blogger friends who are making the rounds today and they will be reporting on their success.  I hope that a treasure of 35 macarons is still the reward.  I am missing it by less than a week this year, but assuming there is an eighth year Jour du Macaron, I plan to be there!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Pierre Hermé, Jour du Macaron 2012</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>All over Paris  </em></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center">After a random drawing from all the comments since last Tuesday, </div><div align="center">the winner of the book, <em>Dog Trots Globe</em>, is .....</div><div align="center"><strong>The Chieftess!</strong>  </div><div align="center">Congratulations to her and thank you for all your wonderful comments during the past week.  </div><div align="center">Special thanks to Sherry Long, the author and Chula's mom, and to OIC, the book publisher.</div>

Pierre Hermé - Jour du Macaron 2012

Yes, these are macarons, but they are not from Pierre Hermé. They were made by Holly and me in a three-day frenzy of scientific study and ba...

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