Comments on: Coconut Macaroons at Penne Lane

By: erin

erin — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:39:00 +0000

Just saw that Albemarle Baking Company is making Parisian-style Macaroons this summer! http://www.albemarlebakingco.com/

By: Jed

Jed — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:39:00 +0000

Unfortunately they’ve closed, too. Or reopened, this time in Fluvanna.

By: Nour E. Sulaiman

Nour E. Sulaiman — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:36:00 +0000

For a second, I was ridiculously happy to finally know of a place that makes French macarons in Charlottesville. How disappointing. =

By: erin

erin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:30:10 +0000

Good policing, Jen. You're right that they are two different things – the French macaron vs. the coconut macaroon – but both seem to be appearing more and more as a dessert fad. It's fun to do a web search to see the many writings, many of them quite angry, about the macaron/macaroon divide. Here's some fun historical context: http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/cookies/c…

By: Jen A

Jen A — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:25:39 +0000

But..aren't the French cookies macarons? With one 'o'? And macaroons are by definition the coconutty goodness. I think you can't compare them because they've never been the same thing – macaroons are called something completely different in French.

By: Judy

Judy — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:32:36 +0000

Check this out !

http://www.madmacnyc.com/

By: Jed

Jed — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:21:47 +0000

Hey now! You have to try Jed's cookies before you open your mouth and try to slander something. Your black & white and macaroon would definitely kick mine's butter, but my chocolate chip cookie would own yours. Whenever you're ready for a Bobby Flay-style cookie smack-down, you just say the word.

By: foodlvr23

foodlvr23 — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:44:07 +0000

The Black & White cookie & the Coconut Macaroon Are made 4rom the Freshest Ingredients Better than any JEDS COOKIES Why dont u try them before u open your mouth penne lane has been in business for 15 years in New York As well and was rated Ny's Best cookies 2 years Straight so before you open your mouth and try to slander something be open to trying it 1st or just SHUT UP Penne lane will put alot of places out of business. Being a New Yorker Myself i Use to go 2 penne lane now that i live in C-ville i go their 2 its the only place where u can go and people will greet u with a smile and a GREAT SANDWHICH

By: Jed

Jed — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:26:42 +0000

Shucks. Extra cookie for you next time.

By: Judy

Judy — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:16:53 +0000

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style...

Macaroons: what the fashionista is eating this season

McDonald’s is selling them. So is Starbucks.

These are testing times for the macaroon snob. The world’s most exclusive of baked confections has gone horribly mainstream. Naff, even. The French macaroon — ingredients: ground almonds, sugar, egg white, ganache filling — has gone all mass-market ever since top macaroon-maker Pierre Hermé launched in Selfridges earlier this year. Suddenly macaroons are everywhere. Raymond Blanc even has a mini-macaroon range with Waitrose, which has just started to stock frozen mini macaroons too (Symphonie, 12 for £6.49). Could it get any worse?...