Some call him the king of cakes. Vogue dubbed him the "Picasso" of pastry. Whatever the moniker, Pierre Herme, who started as a humble apprentice at the venerable French patisserie Lenotre, is ...

Traditional almond macaroons for Passover were never my thing: too sweet and not chewy enough. Then I met Eileen Dangoor Khalastchy, a Jew who traces her roots to ancient Babylonia, and tried her ...

The third I bought for myself; a raspberry macaroon. I ate it immediately. That night, while packing my suitcase, I peered into the macaroon bag.

Whether its macaroons or macarons, Sacramento knows how to serve up this sweet treat in a variety of flavors and is found behind glass dessert cases in bakeries and patisseries throughout the region.