Ladurée Macarons

Vincent Lemain has been the Chef of Pastry Creation at Ladurée since April 2011. Twice a year, following the seasons and like fashion designers do, he imagines new flavors and colors for the religieuses, the Saint-Honorés, the macarons and shares them with all the customers of Ladurée the world over. Antonin Bonnet is a still-life photographer. He has worked for the Grande Epicerie de Paris, Dior, Chloé, Dyptique, Bernardaud - and Ladurée.

Introduction: A little history of the macaron; 80 Macarons: flavour by flavour, a trend book, inspirations and recipes for each; 1. Classic macarons (vanilla, café, chocolate, lemon etc); 2. Nomad macarons (created for specific destinations); 3. Festive macarons (Christmas, Easter etc); 4. Precious macarons (gold, silver, copper etc); 5. Incredible macarons (violet, lemon-lime etc); 6. Designer's macarons (berry for Christian Lacroix, fig-date for Christian Louboutin, rose-ginger for John Galliano, bubble-gum for Alber Elbaz etc); Step-by-step photographs and instructions for making the biscuits and ganache fillings at home.