Ambitious Deliciousness – Dont Eat Lazy.

Coincidentally, this post follows my homemade macaron post. According to the website, Macaron Day coincides with Jour du Macaron in Paris, created by la Maison Pierre Hermé. I forgot to mention that a percentage of the proceeds went to City Harvest. So it was for a good cause. Plus, I had never participated in Macaron Day before, so I was super excited to go!

Since there are a bunch of places in Manhattan, I looked up all the cross streets of each participating store, then printed it out, since I was not blessed with the gift of being good at directions. My friend Ryann and I made our way through a few places on the Lower East Side, then met up with our other friend Eun for the rest.

Though Sunday’s weather was not as amazing as it was on Friday, it was still very sunny! I really enjoyed walking around the city and not feeling like I had to rush to get somewhere. More details on which macarons I was able to gobble up, after the jump!

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Last night, I had the privilege of compete in a bakeoff for a fundraiser for The Lamp. The event was held at Double Windsor bar in Brooklyn. Many gathered on a rainy Wednesday night to taste the following desserts:

• Mocha Brownies by Katy Atlas of Sugarlaws
• Seasonal strawberry cheesecake by Jen Bernstein of Local Appetite NY
• Salty butterscotch chocolate chip cookies by Emily Hanhan from (non) adventures of an amateur
• Salted turtle cashew cupcakes by Anna Markow of Very Small Anna
• Asian rice crispy treats by Rachel Mount from Best Part of the Day

The following judges were also present:

• Chef James Briscione: 2-time Food Network Chopped! Champion and cookbook author (also major hottie, just sayin’)
• Giulia Melucci: Author of I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti
• Divya Gugnani: Behind the Burner host & NBC personality

Everyone got a chance to taste all of the delicious desserts and pick their favorite. There were two categories – an audience favorite and a judges’ favorite. I had the honor of being named the audience favorite, while Jen’s delicious strawberry cheesecake was a clear winner among the judges! As our winning prize, we were both mentioned in this NY Daily News column!

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