Nico, I am completely stumped as to why Macarons are so popular. My girlfriend goes crazy over them whenever she visits me in Paris. They just don’t do much for me….

Left by FN on March 16th, 2010

There’a Wall St Journal Article about them from last week that addresses this question a bit. (Google it) but I think New Yorker’s consider themselves foodies and really like to treat themselves to what they feel is a gourmet treat, but I think they aren’t going to start eating huge heavy desserts or sweets and macarons at around 100 calories, are a way to indulge without feeling like a pig, say, after eating an entire Crumbs cupcake at >1000 Cals.

Left by Niko on March 16th, 2010

Man, F that. Dessert and 100 calories don’t belong in the same sentence. You can have one OR the other. I don’t even want to know how many calories I get when I slather half of bar of chocolate with chunky peanut butter….. Mmmmmmmm, making myself hungry!

Left by FN on March 16th, 2010

this is just my guess and is only a theory- the calorie part is probably too specific. A lot of people would have a few macarons after work mid-week but might not have a couple of gelatos is all I am saying. Plus they’re colorful and cool looking

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