WHAT?! It’s an activated charcoal dark chocolate espresso French macaron sandwiched with vanilla bean white chocolate buttercream and a surprise hidden filling of dark chocolate espresso ganache. I know. It’s a lot. But let’s do this. ***Sidenote: This recipe is not vegan, but perfecting non-vegan macarons was step one for me to begin on my…

Growing up split between my hispanic family in New Mexico and my Swedish family in Sweden, food more than anything communicates to me where I am and, for that matter, who I am. My father is a tall blue-eyed and blonde-haired Swede, and has always taken pride in teaching me about Swedish traditions and history….