Fruit is among the best things that summer has to offer. Fragrant ripe peaches and nectarines, juicy blueberries, luscious raspberries, and endless varieties of plums fill the markets. There are countless recipes for summer fruits pies, tarts, jam, preserves, cakes, and ice cream. I wish I had time to try them all, but it’s always [...]
Desserts
The Mactweets Challenge this month—summer flicks—could include anything as unappetizing as metallic action blockbusters to sugary romantic comedies—plus a sleeper indie that might be temporarily satisfying but leaves you hungry in an hour. I wanted a movie that would be stylistically feasible and fully satiating to translate into my macaron concept. I needed something more [...]
The Japanese green tea powder, matcha, is packed with health benefits. Green Tea is rich in chlorophyll for detoxification and renowned for cancer fighting Cathechin EGCg, a type of antioxidant that is only found in green tea. It also contains L-theanine, an amino acid known to relax the mind. Besides all the added health benefits, [...]
Every summer at the Farmer’s Market, the luscious colors of cherries seduce me, even if I need to confront the messy inconvenience of pitting before and baking. For a certain recipe, however, it’s more than worth it. In Hong Kong, as in most Chinatowns in America, you find “Western-Chinese” bakeries, which display rows and rows [...]
When Mactweet came up with the challenge of creating a macaron based on your favorite song, I had no idea how to start, at first. I wanted to create a macaron that not only looked the part, but tasted it, too. I checked my playlists—but then considered old favorites and the possibilities opened full voice [...]
