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    Welcome to le Blog of Mad About Macarons, with articles around French food, lifestyle and baking tips. From a typical market's fruit and vegetables, to best tearooms, patisseries, famous sweet specialities around Paris and the rest of France.

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    French Food Guides
    • bowl of raspberries next to raspberry bushes
      Raspberries (Framboises)
    • rows of Parisian macarons by Pierre Hermรฉ in Paris, showing Chado flavour of Matcha green tea and yuzu
      Guide to Macaron Day in Paris 2026
    • macarons with feet baked on a silicone mat next to a them stuck to the mat
      Macaron Silicone Mat Review
    • black cone witch's hat with chocolate macarons with eyes and spider liquorice legs
      Top 10 Halloween Macaron Ideas For Spooky Treats
    • large pink macaron heart on top of a pastry cream topped with fresh berries
      How to Make Macaron Hearts - Think 'V' for Valentine
    • Jill Colonna, author of Mad About Macarons, at a book signing event at WHSmith Paris
      Book Reviews of Mad About Macarons
    • green tea macarons
      Japanese-Style Macarons at Sadaharu Aoki Paris
    • land and sea salad with a savoury beet macaron
      Savoury Macarons - Ideas How to Serve Them
    • plate of dark golden cookies and a sandwiched cookie
      Macarons vs Macaroons - What's the Difference?
    • holding a pack of Parisian macarons in front of a carousel and Sacrรฉ Coeur basilica in Paris
      Christophe Roussel Macarons & Chocolate in Montmartre
    • box of pink macarons with lemon yellow filling
      Pink Macarons - Flavours and Party Themes
    • boxes of various different French macarons from Paris to taste for the ultimate guide
      Best Macarons in Paris
    • The grand entrance to the chรขteau of Fontainebleau
      What to Do in Fontainebleau: Food Guide to France's Most Underrated Royal Town
    • French pastry shop or pรขtisserie in Saint-Germain-en-Laye near Paris
      Saint-Germain-en-Laye Chocolate and Pastry Self-Guided Tour
    • chรขteau de Monte Cristo, home of Alexandre Dumas in Port Marly near Paris
      Monte Cristo and Alexandre Dumas' Love for Cuisine
    • Monet's house and gardens with roses and green shutters
      Giverny - Where to Eat on a Visit to Monet's House and Gardens
    • harbour with boats and blue sky
      10 Reasons to Visit Honfleur Normandy
    • kale growing in the king's vegetable garden in Versailles
      King's Vegetable Gardens Versailles (Potager du Roi)
    • French baguette pointing to the chateau of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
      Visit Saint-Germain-en-Laye: Royal Market Town Near Paris
    • punnets of strawberries
      French Strawberries (Fraises)
    • French cherries piled high at the market
      Cherries (Cerises)
    • baskets of different fresh lemon varieties in a French market
      Lemons & Limes (Citrons/Citrons vert)
    • bunch of orange and mixed coloured carrots at the market
      Carrots (Carottes)
    • bunches of fresh herbs at the French market (with a sign in French saying herbes fraiches)
      Fresh Herbs (Herbes Aromatiques)
    • stalks of rhubarb in a crate at the market
      Rhubarb (Rhubarbe)
    • crates of green and white asparagus at the market
      Asparagus (Asperges)
    • chateau roof visit at Saint-Germain-en-Laye near Paris
      Saint-Germain-en-Laye Chรขteau Roof Visit
    • carrying shopping bags Paris metro
      Rue Du Bac - Paris Pastry Street
    • stand of pineapples with typical cone-like bodies and green spiky stalks
      Pineapples (Ananas)
    • holding a scalloped plate of French macarons in the town of Vezelay in France
      Food Guide to Vรฉzelay - A Famous Surprise in The French Countryside
    • piles of chopped fresh figs in front of whole figs on leaves
      Figs (Figues)
    • Guide to Lyon's restaurants and food in France's gastronomic capital
      Lyon's Best Value Restaurants in 3 Days
    • bunches of fresh green bananas with French flag stickers
      Bananas (Bananes)
    • crate of Corsican clementines in a French market
      Clementine Oranges
    • mug of French hot chocolate in front of a Paris skyline at sunset
      Best Hot Chocolate in Paris - Your Local Guide
    • chocolate shop window in Paris showing the typical French Easter traditions with bells, chicks, eggs and hens
      Easter Chocolate in Paris - Why do the French Have Bells?
    • 4 tarts in a pastry box
      Pรขtisseries for Diabetics in Paris
    • bustling cafรฉ in Aix-en-Provence in the sunshine with people drinking coffee outside next to a plane tree
      What to Do in Aix-en-Provence: Food Guide to the French Capital of Calissons
    • cafe with red tables and chairs outside with view on eiffel tower
      Best Bakeries Rue Saint-Dominique (Near the Eiffel Tower)
    • vanilla egg tarts known as Pasteis de Nata from Portugal, scorched tops dusted with cinnamon
      Easy Portuguese Custard Tarts Recipe (Pastรฉis de Nata) & The Best in Paris
    • central fountain in the Tuileries garden in Paris
      Tuileries Garden - Guide to Food and Drink
    • two large heads of Savoy cabbage at the French market
      Guide to Cabbages (Choux) and Recipes

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    Bonjour - I'm Jill

    Here you'll find easy French recipes worth coming back to.
    After 30+ years cooking for my French family in Paris, I share reliable recipes made with everyday ingredients - from family meals to classic French desserts with less sugar and more flavour.

    -> Plus discover France like a local.

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    Latest Summer Recipes

    • Pouring a raspberry coulis or sauce into a jug next to lemon and fresh raspberries
      Simple Raspberry Coulis
    • large wine glasses with marinated strawberries in orange liqueur and orange topped with vanilla Chantilly cream
      Strawberries Romanoff (Fraises Romanoff)

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    • raspberry macarons with a white chocolate ganache and raspberries, sitting on top of each other next to roses
      Raspberry Macarons (White Chocolate Ganache Filling)
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      French Crรจme Caramel (flan aux oeufs au caramel)
    • jar of bright pink pickled radishes with bay leaves
      Pickled Radishes Without Sugar
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      Mango Cream Recipe - Like a Mousse without Eggs or Sugar

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    • The grand entrance to the chรขteau of Fontainebleau
      What to Do in Fontainebleau: Food Guide to France's Most Underrated Royal Town
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      Saint-Germain-en-Laye Chocolate and Pastry Self-Guided Tour

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