Could these successfully be made at home? This really must be the actual Bouchon recipe, ingredient amounts are on the large side.

Bouchon Macaron
5 1/4 cups of almond flour

5 cups of confectioner’s sugar

1 1/4 cups of large egg whites (7-9 eggs)

2 vanilla beans, scraped of the seeds

Pinch of Cream of Tartar



Combine the almond flour and sugar and set aside. 


Whip the egg whites until they form soft peaks then add a pinch of cream of tartar and continue to whip until they hold stiff peaks. Fold in the vanilla bean seeds and 1/4 of the flour and sugar until it comes together. Fold in the rest of the flour and sugar.

With a 1/2" plain pastry tip, pipe the batter into 2" circles, at least 1" apart. Let rest for 1-2 hours until the macaroons form a skin. (Very important!)


Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees, then rotate the baking sheet and continue to bake for 10 more minutes.

Fill with simple vanilla buttercream.

A close to perfect mix list from college friend EVR, music he remembers from 9/83-5/87 so many songs particular to time and place in my memory. could only be better with a Sparks song.

VOLUME 1
(some personal favorites, some that didn't fit any of the compilation "themes", and some favorite local bands)
1. Big Star-Back Of A Car
2. Chris Bell-I Am The Cosmos
3. The Soft Boys-I Wanna Destroy You
4. Robyn Hitchcock-My Wife And My Dead Wife
5. Orange Juice-Falling And Laughing
6. The Monochrome Set-He's Frank
7. The Jesus And Mary Chain-Just Like Honey
8. The Only Ones-Another Girl, Another Planet
9. The Flamin' Groovies-Shake Some Action
10. Television-See No Evil
11. Feelies-Fa Ce La
12. The Golden Palominos-Omaha
13. The Real Kids-All Kindsa Girls
14. Eddie And The Hot Rods-Do Anything You Wanna Do
15. Husker Du-Makes No Sense At All
16. Minutemen-This Ain't No Picnic
17. The People's Front-Another Wasted Life
18. Plastic Device-These Are The Things That Make Us Great
19. The Snackmates-Darkest House On The Block
20. The Magic Skyboat-She's A Friend Of Mine
21. The Moment-Plastic Pearls
22. Things In Common-Why Do You Do This To Me
23. 10,000 Maniacs-Planned Obsolescence
24. The Escalators-Munsters Theme
25. Hasil Adkins-No More Hot Dogs


VOLUME 2
1. The Assembly-Never Never
2. The B-52's-Whammy Kiss
3. Bad Manners-Lip Up Fatty
4. Big Audio Dynamite-Medicine Show
5. Jim Carroll Band-People Who Died
6. China Crisis-Working With Fire And Steel
7. The Cure-Boys Don't Cry
8. D.A.F.-Der Mussolini
9. Depeche Mode-Get The Balance Right
10. Eartha Kitt-Where Is My Man
11. The English Beat-Save It For Later
12. Fad Gadget-Collapsing New People
13. Marianne Faithfull-Broken English
14. The Flying Lizards-Money
15. Fred Schneider-Monster
16. Intaferon-Get Out Of London
17. Killing Joke-Love Like Blood
18. The Normal-Warm Leatherette



VOLUME 3
1. Josie Cotton-Johnny Are You Queer
2. The Nails-88 Lines About 44 Women
3. New Order-Temptation
4. O.M.D.-Her Body In My Soul
5. P.I.L-This Is Not A Love Song
6. Rico w/The Special AKA-Jungle Music
7. Romeo Void-Never Say Never
8. Shriekback-Lined Up
9. Soft Cell-What
10. The Special AKA-Nelson Mandela
11. Talk Talk-Life's What You Make It
12. Talking Heads-And She Was
13. The The-Uncertain Smile
14. Tom Tom Club-Genius Of Love
15. The Waitresses-I Know What Boys Like
16. Yazoo-Don't Go