Since being home with my family I have two new and lovely things to share: 

First: My mom and I made a banana chocolate chip walnut bread using THE most bizarre mold: a CAKE mold. I have never seen one of these and thought they fit in our bizarre, practically undefined theme.

Second: (note these will have their own picture post to come) My sister recently back from her internship in Paris. We grew up there but she got to spend the summer going back for a medical thing of some sort and brought me a back (through my best friend's mom) a bagful of macarons. People here often ask me if what I meant to say was macaroons so I thought I'd whip up some picks of the "real" macarons...well to me anyways.

- Deborah