Macaron Mania: The Recipes of the World’s Top Pastry Chefs

…France, I tried recipes from Pierre Hermé (Colombian coffee & Tahitian vanilla) and Ladurée (lemon poppyseed). These Parisian bakeries are known foremost for their macarons. Surprisingly, while world-famous pastry chef Pierre Hermé trained at Ladurée before opening his eponymous patisserie, his recipe (which uses the Italian meringue method) is noticeably different from Ladurée’s (which uses the French meringue method). When…

Chocolate Bamboo Cake

…All my friends are getting their driver’s licenses. I’m not. You could say that I’m a rebel of sorts. I’m a bit strange like that… although a lot of my friends are rushing to do their driving tests I stay at home sleeping, baking, eating. You know, living. My parents though are pushing me to start the process…