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In December,I am more closely looking at I Love Macarons by Hisako Ogita.
I first read about macarons when I was devouring food blogs back in university, around 2006/2007. They seemed to be a mysterious, legendary delicacy that I had no hopes of finding in the small university town of Guelph. Fast forward to today, you can find them pretty much anywhere. The downside is that sometimes, they aren’t all that great. I don’t remember whose blog mentioned it (maybe David Lebovitz?), but I read about Pierre Hermé’s delectable confections. He is a pastry chef in Paris, but his pastry boutique has branches open in Japan. Luckily, Tomiko and I visit Japan more often than Paris, and we made the pilgrimage to his store in Shibuya, Tokyo.
The Japanese are curious and particular in their obsessions, which range from Anne of Green Gables from Prince Edward Island, Baumkuchen from Salzwedel, Germany, or macarons from Pierre Hermé. I’m not complaining, though!
Just by flipping through this book that we bought in Purl Soho, I can see that the author Hisako Ogita takes her macarons very seriously. She gives recipes for two different batters, depending on whether you flavour them with wet or dry additions, as well as numerous variations for the filling.
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I Love Macarons by Hisako Ogita, 2009.
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