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  • Madeleines au miel

    Madeleines au miel

    When it comes to madeleines, I’m extremely judgmental. This could be because I learned to make madeleines at a French pastry-making class and they’re best served, in my humble opinion, fresh out of the oven. They’re delicious the next day, perhaps, soaked in some tea or coffee. But their value drops considerably in my eyes…

  • French pastries day 2: Guimauves and madeleines

    French pastries day 2: Guimauves and madeleines

      Day two of my French pastries course at the Bonnie Gordon school started quietly enough. We were to finish decorating the macarons we made the day before, and we were to bake the canelés batter sitting in the fridge. But in the middle of our demo on guimauves, I realized what I dismissed as…

  • Coconut madeleines (and lemon-scented ones too)

    Coconut madeleines (and lemon-scented ones too)

      Marcel Proust forever immortalized the madeleine in his book “Remembrance of Things Past” and it has since penetrated pop culture references in everything from “The Simpsons” to “The Sopranos.” Even Starbucks is selling these scallop shell-shaped French cookies at the counter. That’s enough to make even the most ambitious pastry chef cower at the…

  • Miette mini madeleine donuts

    Miette mini madeleine donuts

      Some time ago, I declared with some authority, that doughnuts were in fashion. (You will never hear me saying that cupcakes are out. That’s just ridiculous). Of course, the timing was poor because I have been on a diet (let’s call it a lifestyle change) for several months now. And the day I had…

  • French pastries course day 1: Macarons and canelés

    French pastries course day 1: Macarons and canelés

      You’ve heard me say it a kajabillion times so I won’t draw this out for too long. I love macarons. But try as I might, I was unable to reproduce these heavenly confections in my own oven. So when Toronto’s Bonnie Gordon’s School of Confectionary Arts offered a two-day French pastries course teaching how…