Here's a link to a news article on the best patisseries in Paris - http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/...-27977,00.html

Thanks for the link, W.

It should be noted that the items referred to as "macaroons" are macarons.

Enter <macaron> at Google Images.

Thanks for the article; I've printed a copy for my Paris file and hope to check some of these out in April.

Actually, "macaroon" is correct, as the news article is in English; "macaron" is the French spelling and would be out of place in this context.

OO-la-la Pierre Hermé's macarons!

Hi ekscrunchy
>Actually, "macaroon" is correct, as the news article is in English; "macaron" is the French spelling and would be out of place in this context.<

I respectfully demur.

If you google/image <macaroon> you will see pix of a coconut confection that is totally unlike a <macaron>.

You will also see pix of macarons labeled macaroon, but this doesn't make it correct.

My point was to inform those unfamiliar with macarons that they are not what is generally known as a macaroon.

PS,

Similar confusion arises with the term "Napoleon", which in the US is what the French call "mille feuilles".

It's even worse with "Danish Pastry", which is what the Danes call "Wienerbrod", and the Viennese don't recognize.

ttt

Ira, would you say, "I traveled in France in a rented voiture?"