March 20^th is World Macaron Day in Toronto and in many big cities across the globe. Today is your opportunity to indulge in this delicious tradition while supporting an important charity. Over a dozen patisseries, confection shops and cafes across Toronto are participating by donating a part of the proceeds from macaron sales to the Red Door family Shelter and other charities.

What is a Macaron?

This Parisian delight is a sweet meringue based confection made with egg white sugar, finely ground almond and shaped into two small shells, held together by a soft filling, such as buttercream or ganache. It is characterized by a smooth, flat, crisp top and bottom layer, and a ruffled circumference. The modern macaron comes in a rainbow of colours and traditional flavours such as strawberry or chocolate to the unimaginable – foie gras, camembert and even Guinness!
With the rise of social media, came a breed of photographers obsessed with capturing the perfect shot of an elaborate display of edible delights for the sole purpose of Instagram. If you search #Macaron you will find upwards of 1,197, 763 pictures of macarons (with about 13 of them contributed by me hahaha). What self respecting style blogger doesn’t have a few post of macarons? #MacaronCraze

On that note, I was at Nadege Patisserie grabbing a dozen of freshly made Macarons in support of Sick Kids Foundation and World Macaron Day T.O.
So far my favourite flavours are Camembert and Maple Bacon! Enjoy your Saturday!
xoxo
P