Macaron Magic 2: Individual Desserts and Showpieces

I came across this book because I wanted to bake something special for my niece's birthday party other than cup cakes. The beautiful pictures on the cover captured my attention. Being an engineer, baking was not my cup of tea until I got this book. The detail step by step photos and illustrations are the key to success!!! I don't like to have desert too sweet, and the recipes in this book are just right for me and the kids. Following pages 16 and 17, my miss piggy came out so cute!Overall, I think this book is a great source of inspiration for adventurous home bakers and even pastry professionals on how to create contemporary French macaron desserts. Major thumbs up!!!

I haven't own macaron magic 1 but macaron magic 2 is definitely for those whom already knows how to make macarons. This book covers on what more you can do with what you already know about macaron. This book is about decorations and ideas. I would highly recommend this for any chefs out there who seeks inspirations. I love it!

gorgeous book, great artistic expression. If you can get your macaron shells to actually come out right this book will be very useful to you. Macarons are not easy to make, but practice makes perfect. This is not a beginners book, you should first get your macaron shells down and then experiment with the artistic side of french macaron baking. I recommend looking up macaron trouble-shooting guides online and practicing first and then jumping into this book.

I bought the author first book "Macaron Magic" and absolutely loved it. Since I bought and enjoyed the first book so much, I went ahead and purchased the second book "Macaron Magic 2". In this book, the macaron dessert recipes give detail step by step instructions along with great illustrations. This is a great macaron book that has beautiful macaron dessert ideas and contemporary showpiece desserts.

really nice mix of basics and exotics. great photos and illustrations. I'm not a fan of a lot of the assemblies - too messy to try to place/eat raspberries, etc. in a macaron, prefer the flavored fillings.

I love the science and intelligence that is subtly infused into this book. The photography is wonderful. The sugar work and showpieces are elegant as well. I am also amazed at Jialin Tian's directions. They are not overwhelming for home bakers and provides the professional touches that Professional Chef's can appreciate.

Great illustrations but the directions can be better.

Great great great ideas on taking macaron to a whole new level!!!!!!All recipes are world class standard but definitely achievable with the help of this book, author Jialin explain everything in details and include pictures for every recipes, she is so talented and generous!

Ein tolles Buch für jeden Backhandwerker. Wenns ein wenig an Ideen und Inspirationen fehlt, empfiehlt sich dieses Buch sehr gut.

Bin noch am Ausprobieren, aber ich kann bisher nur gute Ergebnisse vorweisen. Sehr lecker und vielfältig. Meine Freunde und Bekannten waren begeistert... und wer eins hat, muss eigentlich gleich das zweite kaufen

Das Buch lebt am meisten von seiner Fotokunst.die hochwertigen Fotos machen Lust auf mehr und inspirieren.ein tolles Bildband