Strolling into Friendship Macaron Cafe, the first thing I saw was pink. It’s so aggressively pink everywhere — the alcove, the door, the chairs — that it took a minute for me to absorb it all. The ...

This article has been edited to correct a small inaccuracy. Bri Stiles of Holden started selling macarons in the summer of 2022. Three years later, her home-based business, The Mac Maker, specializes ...

Because she is baking in her home kitchen, she can only bake one tray of cookies (24) at a time. Each tray takes about 14 minutes. Every two minutes during baking time, she opens the oven door to ...