It was our second time in France last summer that I tried a macaroon, or as they are referred to by the French, macaron. Not to be confused by the American coconut macaroons, the macaron in comparison is a light, melt in your mouth, not too sweet confectionary. I instantly fell in love with the many colours and flavours offered at the pâtisseries, but I was worried they might be overly sweet. So I held off until one afternoon in Lyon, after a lazy day of shopping and people watching, we walked to a patisserie near the Place Bellecour, called Pignol.
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| Afternoon snack from Pignol near Place Bellecour |
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| The pistachio and raspberry macaroon. Place Bellecour in the background. |
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| No one is counting calories here. Note the chocolate macaron. |
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