Jour du Macaron 2013

Mercredi 20 Mars Jour du Macaron 2013

Yesterday was the day we wait for all year - JOUR DU MACARON !
Started by patissier Pierre Hermé 7 years ago as a grand gesture to both share his fabulous macarons with the city of Paris and give a generous donation to a charity. Now all the pastry chefs of the organization Relais Desserts have joined in world wide and Jour du Macaron is an annual event everywhere you can find Relais members. And there are so many flavors to choose from!

Whoops! These are ballerines from PrettyBallerinas.com...but just as pretty as macarons and easy to mix up don't you think?

Oh why didn't I try Pierre Herme's flavor of the month 'Celeste'/fruit de la passion, rhubarbe et fraises? Ah the best laid plans of macaron hunters...

Jean-Paul Hévin had pretty terrific flavors too. I must admit I'm saving my cache of macs to paint and I haven't tasted any yet!?

Patisseries I visited yesterday:

Pierre Hermé (5 different boutiques)

Jean-Paul Hévin

Sadaharu Aoki

Arnaud Larher (2x) 

Dalloyau

Laurent Duchêne

I was in the recovery ward last night ahem...

Wouldn't you be?

But worth every moment of racing around.

The deserving charity this year is Vaincre la mucoviscidose/cystic fibrosis - a very worthy cause.

 

Something new this year - an adorable Spring green tablier/apron you could buy for a mere 10 euro donation that went totally to Vaincre la mucoviscidose. I bought one.

And there's a contest - take your pictures wearing the tablier, send it in to the Relais Desserts facebook page and pray you get enough votes to win a day of tasting in Pierre Herme's atelier.

PBers PLEASE vote as soon as I get my picture taken.

I'll let you know when it's up.

No wonder Leche-vitrine/'licking the window' was invented by the French. What haven't they invented?

Bear doesn't mess around with hanging outside looking in. He jumps into the fray and likes to get up close and personal to the macarons.

MERCI JOUR du MACARON!