April 15, 2008
If French women don’t get fat from guzzling champagne and eating brie all day, maybe we could learn a little from them about indulging.
Start by savoring authentic macarons from Jackie Burdisso. Using an old recipe from her family’s patisserie in the South of France, she infuses these sweet treats with natural ingredients like lavender, apricot, violet and earl grey tea. Once the goodies are colored with vibrant hues and filled with buttercream, fruit reduction, chocolate ganache, or caramel with grey salt, they’re almost too pretty to eat.
After one bite, expert on excess Marie Antoinette would have said, "Forget the cake, let them eat macarons!
