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Dreaming of Macaroons

If anybody knows where can I get macaroons in SF, please send me an email or comment. They don't have to be by Pierre Herme, per se. And, I don't think Pierre Herme macaroons are available outside of Paris, anyway. Sigh... they look so pretty and so delectable. Here are macaroons from F. Lamet:

Oh, this is another reason to visit Paris one day!

More pics here and here.

{ First mage courtesy of Pierre Herme. Second image courtesy of little miss pamplemousse on Flickr.}

UPDATE:
The Black Apple made some macaroons recently and was cool enough to share in her post where she found the recipe. From Epicurious!



Finger Lickin' Good

Cakespy's Flickr photostream makes me happy... and crave for morsels of sweetness. She has a yummy blog, too -- a welcoming distraction from left-brain overactivity.

All this studying makes me hungry!

{ Images courtesy of Cakespy. }



My Mouth's Most Favorite Guest of Late

My Mouth's Most Favorite Guest

I'm obsessed with Trader Joe's Rice Crispy Bars. Oooh... I'm salivating just thinking about it. Okay... must concentrate.

We are loyal Trader Joe customers. We love the quality and the prices of their food. All our staple items are from TJ's: frozen fruit, snack bars, shredded wheat cereal, cornflakes, milk, canned beans, tofu, salad, etc. etc. etc. We buy the same staple items every other week and as you can imagine, we can get pretty bored if we don't mix it up once in a while.

My Mouth's Most Favorite Guest

So, we started experimenting with a wide variety of Trader Joe snacks. Yes, the Rice Crispy Bars were a hit! At least with me, anyway. I can tell you this: I can make a pretty wicked batch of rice crispy treats, but they don't even come close. The TJ Rice Crispy Bars are perfectly buttery and sweet and ever so soft and gooey. I can finish an entire bag all to myself -- it's that good! One bar a day for 8 days. Well, I just ran out and I'm seriously jonesing for a TJ Rice Crispy Bar. Mmmmm.... Truly a MUST TRY.

My Mouth's Most Favorite Guest


Reber Mozart Kugel

Reber Mozart Kugel

I was at Cafe Murano on Steiner Street in San Francisco, paying for a bowl of their ultimate oatmeal, when I spotted these morsels of finely packaged candy on the counter. Indeed, I recognize the fact that I'm a sucker for this type of impulse item. As I've mentioned before, I'm a fan of pimpin' packaging. Priced at about fifty cents apiece, how could I resist three pieces of Reber Mozart Kugel. I didn't have a clue as to how it would taste and quite frankly, I only wished to photograph the wrapper and I didn't care if it tasted horrible.

Reber Mozart Kugel

Well, let me tell you this... Biting into Mozart makes my mouth happy and sad all at the same time. Happy because it has the most delightful taste, and sad because it's one less bite-sized morsel to consume. Though I love food, I don't know how to speak of it in those flowery cooking terms, so I will be simple and candid: it was hella good. It was so good that I'm bent on going back for more!

Reber Mozart Kugel

GermanDeli.com has this to say about my new vice:

Imported from Germany! This beautiful gift box includes 3 of the finest Reber-Specialties. The Truffle-Kugel - finest truffle surrounded by marzipan and double dipped in milk chocolate. The genuine Reber Mozart Kugel - exquisitely filled with pistachio-marzipan, made from fresh green pistachios and hazelnut-nougat, double dipped first in milk chocolate and then in dark chocolate.

Here's the official ingredients list:

Ingredients: sugar, almonds, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, milk, hazelnuts, invertase, egg liqueur, alcohol (0.6%), pistachios, soy lecithin, cocoa
Reber Mozart Kugel

There you go. It has truffles. I don't know much about truffles except that they're expensive. I saw Catherine Zeta Jones in No Reservations and there I learned that truffles are worth more than their weight in gold, especially when they're made of chocolate.

Reber Mozart Kugel

They're pretty expensive on Amazon, but if you're crazy, you can get them here: Reber Mozart Kugel Yum Yums.

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Update: Thanks to Shelsta78, here's an Amazon link to a 10-piece package: 10-Piece Reber Mozart Kugel



Amaretti Baratti

Amaretti Baratti

I'm a big sucker for attractive packaging and I admit that my purchase of 6 Amaretti Baratti cookies were based purely on presentation.

Amaretti Baratti

Our visit to A.G. Ferrari Foods at Laurel Village was our first. Though we felt disappointed with our lunch, Doug and I rejoiced in our spontaneity and had fun over our mediocre Tuna Sandwiches and Caesar Salads. Though we went there hoping for great sandwiches, the best part of our visit to A.G. was discovering Amaretti Baratti.

Amaretti Baratti

Apart from the pretty wrapper, the cookies were delectable and yummy! If you love almond flavor, you'll love these soft and moist cookies. Mmmmm... reminiscent of Torani's Orgeat Syrup.

Amaretti Baratti

We devoured the cookies in the span of 2 minutes. Yum.

Amaretti Baratti



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