Despite being overtaken in popularity by its successor, the legacy of the Macaron des Sœurs can still be seen in Nancy. Walk to the quartier Charles III and you can visit the Rue des Sœurs Macarons, named in honour of the site of the sisters" original bakery; or wait by the gilded gates of Place Stanislas and watch passers-by clutching the white and gold boxes from the Maison des Sœurs Macarons. Its wider significance as a progenitor to the delicacy recognisable the world over as something quintessentially French is keenly felt by Genot.