Let Them Eat Macarons!

The Delightful French Pastry Actually Hails From Medieval Italy

Heather Bolen
Lessons from History
8 min readMar 19, 2021

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Parisian macaron. | Image credit: Heather Barnes on Unsplash

Parisian macarons are everywhere.

The classic French cookie — a sweet meringue-based confection made with egg white, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond meal, and food coloring — can be found just as easily in upscale bakeries and desserts shops as it can on the shelves at Trader Joes.

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Heather Bolen
Lessons from History

Writer, educator, guide. Founder of Travel & Culture Salon, a collection of curated online course creations, gifts + interviews. www.travelandculturesalon.com