Grace Thomas and Politics... I mean Macarons

Have you met the new American Girl Doll of the Year 2015? Her name is Grace Thomas and she is lovely.

On top of that, she dreams of opening a bakery, and actually succeeds after a fabulous family summer trip to Paris.

Moral of the story: take your kids to Europe and they will become successful entrepreneurs. Just kidding. The moral is that if you want your kids to vote conservative, you should encourage them to bake.

Okay, okay. Making macarons is not necessarily a sure fire way to raise a Republican.

Actually, though, I do think Grace is a Republican, or at least will become one when she hits 18, as a small business owner facing enormous taxes is likely to either give up the hand-made macarons or join the elephant.

But that's a different blog... [the one about political dolls]. JK. again.

Macarons or no, Grace is a really neat doll. Raven black hair with side bangs and a splash of freckles,  set off by striking blue eyes- she is a beauty.


I did feel sorry for American Girl, however, when their much anticipated catalogue featuring their new product showed up in many mailboxes the same day as the Paris shooting.

"Hey, Mom! Look at the new American Girl doll! I want to go to Paris!" Yikes.

Whoa. I've gotta to be careful here. First politics and then terrorism. And to think this post was supposed to be about macarons!

Macarons:

The sweet, rainbow coloured meringue and ganache sandwich cookies that Paris is famous for worldwide. A mouthful of a description.











Apparently these little beauties are quite simple to make and easy to please, in spite of the standards of the occasional macaron connoisseur.

Martha has provided the gastronomical laity with a no fail recipe, available at Yummly: