Macarons, French sandwich cookies made with almond flour, egg, and sugar and filled with any number of cream-or fruit-based delights, are already the next cupcake. Sold at high-end French bakeries and dessert-based street carts around the world, they're a baker's holy grail, requiring a practiced hand and an infallible recipe. For the first time, macarons are demystified by master culinary instructors for the home cook, in more than 125 melt-in-your-mouth combinations and flavors. From pistachio, rose, and cappuccino shells to savory cookies, jam fillings, and ganaches, this is the perfect eye-candy cookbook with which to conquer the world's most sought-after cookies.