There was a scultpure of the Eiffel Tower made of cream puffs, a giant cake that looked exactly like a salmon, a little bohemian village with it’s own river and farm animals, and a galactic trifle, among other things. It was absolutely amazing, and this is very very cool and delicious looking too :)

The macarons pictured above are the Parisian style of macarons, and are actually referred to as “macarons gerbet”. They have been popular in France for several years. Some attribute pastry chef Pierre Hermé for creating the best macarons in Paris (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Herm%C3%A9).

Recently these cookies have become very trendy in North America. Here in Montreal we would barely see any ten years ago, and now new macarons shops are popping up everywhere!

Macaroons, like I mentioned above, are egg white and nut based cookie (usually coconut). The word macaroon actually comes fromt he French macaron but the two cookies are very different in nature. Passover are often served as a passover treat. There are some interesting facts about both cookies on Wikipedia.

Sorry for the long-winded response. I guess I’m quite passionate about macarons. I love them so!