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\ni have realized that as i have gotten older, most of my old sweet vices have slowly gone away. most baked goods are off limits because of my gluten allergy, ice cream because of my dairy aversion, candy seems too sweet, chocolate too rich, etc. but i will never tire of macarons. they are light and gluten free (usually) and when done right, just the perfect amount of sweetness and richness. so since paris is the macaron capital of the world, i couldn’t go without trying as many as possible. i was fortunate to go to paris with emily, a fellow macaron lover. i have a theory that people either adore macarons or detest them and we are definitely in the first camp. <\/p>\n

one afternoon, we decided to stop by the two macaron kings in town, ladur\u00e9e and pierre herm\u00e9, to test each and see which actually was the best. after spending a pretty penny (those things aren’t cheap!) and having the hardest time finding the pierre herm\u00e9 shop on the champs-\u00e9lys\u00e9es (it was in a high end pharmacy… who’d have thought?), we finally settled in the jardin des tuileries to test our purchases. there weren’t as many flavor overlaps as we had expected but we tried a chocolate, pistachio, lemon and rose from each store, as well as many other unique flavors. overall, the pierre herm\u00e9 flavors were stronger and more unique while ladur\u00e9e’s were more delicate and simple. i preferred pierre herm\u00e9 while emily liked ladur\u00e9e but we came to a consensus that ladur\u00e9e has the best rose, pierre herm\u00e9 the best lemon and the chocolate were too different to even compare. my favorite flavor of the day was vanilla bean and marie antoinette from ladur\u00e9e and passion fruit and pistachio from pierre herm\u00e9 but honestly, almost every flavor hit it out of the park (except for licorice and salted caramel… never again). our taste test in the tuileries is definitely one of my favorite (and yummiest) memories of the trip.
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