Macaroons!

As I'm hosting a Ladies Afternoon Tea on Saturday, I thought I'd try my hand at Macaroons (or as the French call them 'Macarons').
Excited and eager to try to make, I purchased all the ingredients the night before in anticipation for today's experiment!
After much research on the internet, I found a good website by a lady who is obviously obsessed with Macaroons... she has SO many varieties! And they all look divine. (For those who want to see it's www.mytartelette.com)
Also checked out David Lebovitz's website.. his was very inciteful for recipes and that. He had a different technique to making Macaroons and I probably should have followed his recipe.
Pretty much what happened was I followed a recipe in a Women's Weekly Cookie Book... They didn't really turn out too great.
For one, the tops cracked, and this made the macaroons turn out a bit hollow. Also the amount of food colouring didn't work out too well... I wanted purple, they turned out a dirty grey.
So, I think I'll use David Lebovitz and MyTartelette.com to try another batch. And hopefully they will turn out right!