Macaron Day 2013: Many DessertBuzz Favorites to participate
18 Mar 2013, Posted by in Bisousciao Macarons, Macaron Cafe, Macaron Parlour, Mad Mac, Mad Mac Macarons
One of the coolest and most accessible food events in New York City is the annual Macaron Day. This year the event will be held on Wednesday March 20. One addition to this year’s offerings include Macaron Day aprons for sale with proceeds going to City Harvest.
Beautiful macarons from Bisous Ciao
As of this writing 15 bakeries, (13 in NYC) will be participating and offering free macarons to customers (supplies are limited so go early) To receive a free macaron just tell the shop you are there for Macaron Day NYC.
Visit www.macarondaynyc.com for a complete list of participants, a map and more information. Go here for coverage of from past years. Follow dessertbuzz on twitter to stay up-to-date on the latest participants and news. More coverage of NYC macarons: Two DessertBuzz macaron roundups can be found here and here.
A delicious Nutella Macaron from the Macaron Parlour
DessertBuzz coverage of the macaron sellers listed below: Bisouscia0, Bouchon, Dominique Ansel, Epicerie Boulud, Francois Chocolate Bar, La Maison Du Chocolate, Macaron Cafe, Macaron Parlour and Mad Mac.
2013 participants:
We know that macarons derived from France, but we still think the best place for them is in New York City. As for free macarons?! Count us in.
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We never get requests for those and we are a wedding dessert company in Orange County. They look fantastic, maybe not big out west yet?
eric ,
I do see a lot of macarons given as wedding favors out east– even as far outside NYC as Scranton PA. Macarons are certainly not known by everyone yet though.
As usual I enjoyed Macaron Day having taken a day off to visit 8 places. I was sad that La Maison du Chocolat wasn’t participating. Kudos to Chef Florian Bellanger for offering us not one, but three macarons. He had made 1000 for this event. Bouchon Bakery again made the smallest ones – shame on them. Bisou Ciao’s peanut macaron were the most beautiful and as usual, I bought a box of six because I like them a lot. Thanks Tanya!
Seby, Thanks so much for the feedback on Macaron Day–sadly this year I wasn’t able to get out to any of the places. Last year Florian at Mad Mac was also very generous with other DessertBuzz readers! Great to hear what was going on out there!