Daily Archives: June 5, 2009

Is there not one french macaroon in nj?

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French macaroons are an amazing chewy meringue cookies that are sandwiched together with a filling. The cookies should be light and chewy, with a crisp “crust” that gives way as soon as you bite down into it. The meringue has a lot of ground almonds incorporated into it which contributes a nutty taste and adds to the chewy finished texture. They are very elegant and are available at many bakeries in France. I have been in search of the perfect french macaroons or at least a french macaroon in New Jersey. I am beginning to think that it doesn’t exists. I can’t tell you how many people I have talked to, how many websites I have visited and how many bakeries I have called. It is getting ridiculous. It seems that the websites that I want to order from need an order of 2 dozen. Now I am only buying these for myself, so I don’t want to buy that many. I highly doubt that I will be able to eat two dozen – it is just way to many. I have also thought of making them, but from the blogs I have read they are a bit hard to make. I am personally looking for instant gratification here. I am beginning to think that I will never find one in New Jersey. I guess K and I are just going to have to take a trip into the city and find a bakery that has them there…

{Macarons from Laduree}

# 83. Go to the aquarium

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# 83. Go to the aquarium

On Wednesday K and I decided to go to the aquarium with my sister and her friend. We were originally going to go to the Brooklyn Aquarium but then decided to go the Camden Aquarium. We all wanted to go on a road trip and thought that driving two hours to the aquarium was as close as we were going to get on a Wednesday afternoon. So onto the Camden Aquarium we went.

We:
* touched a jellyfish
* were able to pet a shark
* ate a lunch that was completely too expensive
* sang every other song on my ipod
* took tons of pictures
* were taught cool little tidbits of information by children
* watched the hippos swim for entirely too long
* touched a lot of stuff (like starfishes) that we didn’t expect to touch
* amazed by the size of certain sharks mouths
* loooooved the jellyfish tank
* enjoyed a lovely day with my sister

Fishies!

* Due to crowds, low light, shooting through glass and so forth there weren’t too many worthy pictures to post online but here are the best of the lot.