AVENTURAS D FARINIETH: Macaron Madness

One bite of a Lauderee Macaron was all it took for me to fall in love with these yummy French cookies. Watching Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl eat them as a non-traditional comfort food when she was having a rough day only added to my obsession. When I moved to Chattanooga, there wasn’t a single place where I could find a decent macaron, until a friend told me of a girl who made affordable organic homemade macarons. I had always wanted to learn to make them but from seeing friends try and fail, I quickly realized that maybe macaron making wasn’t for me. I still wanted to know how to make them, so I was determined to find her and ask her to show me the art of making a macaron. Through mutual friends, we made a date where I could come in and watch her at work. This past Friday’s adventure was to observe how Mishal Camposano made her highly demanded macarons. Mishal is a dental hygiene major at Chattanooga State College. Mishal enjoys making macarons for friends and family, and has recently started to sell them to people in the Collegedale/Chattanooga area. She takes weekly orders by Facebook message and sells them for $1 a piece. She accepts cash or transfer using the Venmo app. Some of the more popular flavors are: lavender, salted caramel, raspberry, pistachio, and Nutella. Below is a link to her Facebook page. It was a great experience getting to observe Mishal, and I can’t wait to order more macarons from her next week!