Uploads from Xiaolu // 6 Bittersweets, tagged frenchmacarons

Photo of Macaron Pops by John Manansala

nobody@flickr.com (Xiaolu // 6 Bittersweets) — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 17:53:05 -0700

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Pistachio Macaron Pops for my friend Pia's son Warren's christening (hence the "W") =).

Photography by John Manansala

Lemon Party!

nobody@flickr.com (Xiaolu // 6 Bittersweets) — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:01:39 -0700

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Story and recipe on my blog.

To be honest, I'm a bit tired of photographing macarons, was feeling very blah when taking this, and ended up hating the color and cup I picked for the background... But I'm still trying to perfect my method and figure I might as well photograph new flavors as I make them. These are lemon macarons with zest in the cookie and a white chocolate lemon ganache made very tart with the addition of citric acid. Got the cute idea to make them lemon shaped from another blog.

Snickers Macaron Closeup

nobody@flickr.com (Xiaolu // 6 Bittersweets) — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:49:41 -0700

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Story and recipe on my blog.

Nut-Free Sunflower Seed Coconut Macarons

nobody@flickr.com (Xiaolu // 6 Bittersweets) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:29:50 -0700

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Nut-Free Sunflower Seed Coconut Macarons

nobody@flickr.com (Xiaolu // 6 Bittersweets) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:45:29 -0700

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Made for my friend Shulie and her son who has tree nut allergies. Dessicated coconut doesn't grind up as fine as nuts so these have a bit of texture. Almost like a love child between French macarons and American macaroons ^_^. Story and recipe on my blog.

No idea why I chose this color background and should stop taking photos after 4 pm...couldn't get the color balance to look quite right. Any ideas what color background might've been better?