Mission Macarons

The feathery light, small round bites of perfection are nearly
impossible to master but the husband-and-wife team behind the new Yann
Haute Patisserie has succeeded in creating melt-in-your-mouth
macarons.

Former pastry chef at the Fairmont Palliser, Yann Blanchard grew up in a
pastry shop in France and studied the craft in Paris before moving to
Calgary and meeting Jéraldine over warm, fresh croissants in the bakery
where they both worked (the former is true, the croissants, we just
imagined).

Now, in the bright yellow house in Mission, the duo creates eclairs,
pâtes de fruits, croissants, pains au chocolat and rustic baguettes made
with homemade sourdough. But its the Parisian macarons ($1.80/each), in
flavours such as passion fruit and milk chocolate, caramel and ganache
fleur de sel and pistachio and morello cherry that have us swooning over
the thought of the first bite, and the second.

Yann Haute Patisserie, 329 23rd Ave. SW, Calgary, 403-244-8091, www.yannboutique.com