Mark your calendars: Next Friday, March 20th is le Jour du Macaron (Macaron Day) in France. Created four years ago through a collaboration between renowned pastry chef Pierre Hermé and other members of the prestigious Association Relais Desserts, le Jour du Macaron raises money and awareness for the charity Federation des Maladies Orphelines. Pop into any participating patisserie- including 
the four Pierre Hermé Paris boutiques, and you’ll receive 4 scrumptious macarons- completely gratuit (that means they’re free)! Each shop will have a box available to accept optional monetary donations to the FMO.
Just because you don’t plan on being in France next week doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate Jour du Macaron in your own special way. Paris is, of course, the macaron capital du monde, but fairly good macaron can be found in all four corners of the globe. Here are just a few of the most notable.
Do you have a favorite macaron shop that you’d just die without? Where in the world will you celebrate le Jour du Macaron, 2009?
New York, USA La Maison du Chocolat
San Francisco, US Miette
Chicago, USA Vanille Patisserie
London, UK Ladurée at Harrods
Manila Bizu
Tokyo Jean Millet
Berlin Toertchen Toertchen
Oslo Pascal
Sidney Laurent
Macarons in Turin (Italy) too, at Eataly’s bakery (www.eatalytorino.it/)
does anyone know of anything happening in vancouver?
merci
But what makes the macaron plus d’important than chocolate? No Jour de Chocolat? Pourquois pas?
Do you know if there will be Jour du Macaron this year, 2010? I will be in Paris on March 20 and would love to celebrate. Thanks, pam
For the past few years Jour du Macaron has been the 3rd Friday in March. It was started by Pierre Hermé, so I would probably sign up for his newsletter to receive notification for when it will happen in 2010. But you know… ANY day is macaron day in my book!!
That’s for sure Kim! Thanks I’ll sign up for the newsletter.
Definitely Baroque Bistro Patisserie (http://www.baroquebistro.com.au) and La Renaissance (http://www.larenaissance.com.au) in Sydney have the best Macarons in town. I heard they’re donating proceeds of Macaron sales on Sunday 20th March, 2011 to the Starlight Children’s foundation in Australia.