and for 2 days, they rested

Why French women are not fat?
Because instead of eating an entire row of Oreo/Girl Scout/Nutter Butter cookies, they simply eat one genuine article. Why take the forest when you can admire, appreciate and savor one perfect tree?

Read it and *a - b - s - o - r - b* the culture, history and then you might start to get it. I know I am . . .
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These small, round cakes, crisp on the outside, smooth and soft in the middle, are the most famous creation of Ladurée.

The story of the Ladurée macaroon starts with Pierre Desfontaines, distant cousin of Louis Ernest Ladurée, who in 1864 first thought of taking two macaroon shells and joining them with a delicious ganache filling. The way of making them has never changed since that time.

These small, round cakes, crisp on the outside, smooth and soft in the middle, are made every morning in Ladurée’s "laboratory".

Once cooked and filled, the macaroons are put to one side for 2 days before going on sale, the time it takes to achieve a perfect balance between texture and flavour.