Macaron 101?Tartelette is coming to SoCal!!!

When my friend Jenny, of Devour the World, and I start putting our heads together, it can only mean one thing: TROUBLE.  Back in the Fall when we were both in the throws of macaron drama, we started saying that we needed to find some way to get Helene Dujardin, writer of the amazing blog Tartelette and Macaron Goddess & PhD, to come out to Southern California and teach a macaron class.  Macarons, those feisty little French pastries that have given me and so many other people so much trouble and caused so much addiction.  Don’t remember?  Here’s a refresher:

It all started with celebrating Le Jour du Macaron, continued with several disasterous batches, and most recently continued with a Daring Bakers challenge.

When I was in San Francisco this past November, I visited Miette Patisserie in the Ferry Building on two separate occasions.

Can you imagine big glass jars of gorgeous macs all lined up calling out to you to eat them? Yeah, you’d go back for seconds too.

So Jenny and I kept talking about our need for Dr. Helene to come out and give us a crash course in macaron making, when in December we finally said, “Why not?”  Flash forward to now and we have made our wishes a reality!  Not without some hiccups though.  Initially we had a bear of a time finding a location that wasn’t going to cost an arm and a leg, was big enough, provide the resources we needed, etc.  Jenny must have called 5 million locations.  That’s when Gaby of What’s Gaby Cooking stepped in and saved the day, finding us a wonderful workable location in no time.  So yep, it’s on, and if you are going to be in the L.A. area on March 5th or 6th you could come and learn too!  Plus, the class is taking place just in time for you to be able to make your own perfect macarons this year for Le Jour du Macaron!!

When: Friday, March 5th at 7:00 pm or Saturday, March 6th at 10:00 am. **Please note that both classes are FULL, but you can be placed on a waiting list.**

Where: The wonderful Academy of Culinary Education.a

Details: The class tuition is $55 (payable by check or through PayPal).  The classes will last for approximately 3 hours, will focus on French meringue macarons and will cover:

How: Do you want to attend one of the classes? Email me (rachael{at}lafujimama{dot}com) now to reserve a spot!

Come and join us!  Not only is it going to be a blast and very educational, but just think of all those macarons that will have to be eaten at the end of class . . . .