Back in 2008, when I was sampling macarons all over New York and musing that macarons were the next cupcake, (I called it an invasion of the macarons) I could not wait to go to Ladurée.
What a difference 18 months makes – now, I can’t seem to turn around without hearing that macarons are the new cupcakes, but when I was in Geneva last month, my visit to Laduree was not quite as joyful as I would have hoped. The whole no-refined sugar, no-dairy, no-eggs things really does not make dessert easy, though, from everything I had read, macarons should be naturally gluten-free. So yay for that, though that day I was more focused on how a near-vegan diet can be le sad at times. Most of the time, I revel in how much I can still eat on said diet and derive much enjoyment from the resulting good health. Still, as you saw from the posts, we had a lovely day in Geneva, and, as for the macarons – husband had the date-fig, the blackcurrant and the pistachio. He said that the date-fig was all date, so I renamed that macaron the Lara Bar macaron. Now I am just going to keep my fingers crossed for vegan macarons for our next visit.
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That's so funny, you were WAY ahead of me (I just recently blogged about macarons being the new cupcakes…guess I'm way behind the curve.)
Mmm, those look good. I can't wait to go to Laduree in Paris!! 😀
Yum… I love Laduree in London. Especially the Salted Caramel!