Saturday, July 24, 2010

Mac Attack #10 - A SUMMER FLICK

Every time I go to a move it's magic, no matter what the movie is about.
- Steven Spielberg


Escape the sweltering summer heat by slipping into a cool, dark movie theater, snuggle down into the cushioned chair, feet propped up on the seatback in front of you and start tossing hot, buttery popcorn into your mouth one plump, salty piece after another. Or gather the family together in your own living room around a pizza in front of that favorite dvd, the perfect way to end a day of vacation, a day spent on the beach or hanging around the pool, snapping pictures of the sites or standing in line waiting to spend a steamy day at the zoo. Or remember the good old days of school holidays when all the kids would pile into the station wagon and dad would drive the gang to a drive-in movie? A classic! Ah, movies are so much a part of summer holidays!


The latest blockbuster chock full of shoot outs, car chases and giant fire balls, a soppy summer romance, an animated film for the kids… summer is the best time to kick back and watch a movie. Oldies and goldies, chick flicks, sci fi or vampires, we all have our favorites, the perfect movie to forget the heat or just relax and lose ourselves in another world. So this month, come into the cool kitchen, turn up the air and pull out your egg whites and think of that great movie that takes you away, lets you become someone else, travel to somewhere else and just escape.


Friends, this month’s Mac Attack challenges you to create that perfect macaron inspired by a movie: whether old or new, comedy or drama, black & white or in glorious Technicolor, let that movie inspire, fire up the ideas and pull you into an imaginary world of cameras, lights, costumes and scenery. You are the screenwriter, the director, the cast and crew… now to produce an award winning cinematographic macaron!

* Thanks to Mardi of eat.live.travel.write for suggesting this month's theme! We are open for suggestions for future Mac Attack themes so feel free to e-mail Jamie or Deeba!






Please have your Mac Attack post up no later than August 15 '10.





Here are the rules of the game:

  1. Once you have posted your Mac Attack macarons on your blog, make sure that you mention the Mactweets Mac Attack challenge in your post and link back to the Mactweets blog.

  2. Please link back to this challenge on your post.

  3. Feel free to promote the Mactweets blog by proudly displaying the Mactweets badge in your Mac Attack post as well as in your sidebar! It isn't mandatory but is a nice way to get the word out!

Round up will be on August 20, 2010.




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30 comments:

  1. Well I guess I won't be submitting the ones that took me several days to make this past week because I made them to the wrong theme. :-(

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  3. Oh and to clarify as I weep into my incorrect macs, I guess we had some Twitter miscommunication happening.. this wasn't the theme I suggested :-(

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  4. Well, with more than 350 dvds in our collection, this will be hard to choose! So many movies to choose from! Another fab challenge ladies (regardless of who suggested the theme....)

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  5. Woo Hoo! Great theme! Looking forward to it!

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  6. This one should be a little easier for me. I love it. So many to choose from.

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  7. Love the movie theme idea. So many options though, it will be hard to decide which to do :)

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  8. My post is up! I think this is the first month I haven't procrastinated. http://www.barbarabakes.com/2010/07/buttercup-macarons-and-mango-lime.html

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  9. Hi I've popped my post up this morning. I had a bit of fun with this one.

    http://bubbleandsweet.blogspot.com/2010/08/musk-stick-macarons-three-musketeers.html

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  10. Couldn't help myself I posted another one.....This is such a fun challenge.

    http://bubbleandsweet.blogspot.com/2010/08/breakfast-at-tiffanys-mac-tweets-august.html

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  11. Nothing for the round uo. Just the story of my BMF (Big Macaron Faliure) http://www.diaryofamadhausfrau.com/2010/08/mactweets-movie-challenge-king-of.html

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  12. I'm curious if I can do this on my vlog, because I do that instead of blogging. It isn't a baking vlog eiter. But I love baking and have had a recent obsession with macarons and want to try one of these ._.

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  13. My post is up: This month we had success and failure on a number of levels and I tried a new technique!

    http://www.eatlivetravelwrite.com/2010/08/mactweets-august-south-pacific-macarons/

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  14. Yay, I thought I was late until I saw the deadline was the 15th. My post is up here: http://testwithskewer.blogspot.com/2010/08/macattack-10-movie-magic-macarons.html

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  15. My post is up with a few days to spare. I'm really on the ball this month. Love this month's theme.

    http://thewiveswithknives.blogspot.com/2010/08/chocolate-chocolate-macarons.html

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  16. Wahoo! Just posted mine after my little color mishap ! I love this group, everyone is so creative and talented !
    http://seattlepastrygirl.blogspot.com/2010/08/under-lighthouse-dancing-with-mactweets.html

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  17. Always a struggle for me, worse in the months with humidity, but I tried! Didn't find feet but had fun!! http://www.passionateaboutbaking.com/2010/08/baking-no-feet-pray-love-oooops-i-mean.html

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  18. My post's up. What's up Doc? macarons.

    http://cityhomecountryhome.blogspot.com/2010/08/whats-up-doc.html

    Thanks for the fun challenge.

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  19. This is my first post ever, I hope it's alright.

    http://fancyshmancypants.wordpress.com/2010/08/14/macarons-attack/

    I've never blogged before so it's not all that awesome. But I hope you like the picture.

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  20. Hi! My post is up, Amélie macarons:

    http://onevanillabean.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/amelie-peach-macarons/

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  21. Mission Accomplished....http://tinyurl.com/379w3kg

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  22. Just in the nick of time
    http://hungryrabbitnyc.com/2010/08/the-flaming-mame/

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  23. Eeps, I had my post up, but totally forgot to comment here. Please include me on the round-up!
    http://www.mymunchablemusings.com/2010/08/peachy-keen-and-blueberry-pie-in-sky.html

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  24. My Post is up http://he-eats.com/2010/08/16/speculoos-and-milk-chocolate-macarons/ not exactly linked to the the theme though :( was done at the last possible time

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  25. Hopefully my post isn't too late for the roundup! :) http://daydreamerdesserts.blogspot.com/2010/08/summer-flick-macs.html

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  26. Won't you stand by me? http://fahrenheit350.blogspot.com/2010/08/stand-by-me.html

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  27. i am SO late! please accept my late late addition!

    http://foodfinery.blogspot.com/2010/08/mactweets-challenge-10-summer-flick.html

    ~ food finery

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  28. Fun! I'll join up for next month's round. I've enjoyed making these for the last year but I'm STILL trying to perfect them.

    I would LOVE to see someone (hint!) with helpers (hint, hint) create a 'Macaron Troubleshooting Guide' with pictures. The guide would show all the ways to fail at macarons along with the potential cause(s) of each the failure so that as new people learn to make them, they can figure out how to adjust based on results.

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  29. I did 2 actual posts earlier, but I also made a Wizard of Oz Macaron Rainbow feature for my Daughter's birthday. Was prior to the round up but my photo's were in technical limbo. Thought I would just share the pics as I was so happy with the macarons and rainbow: http://bubbleandsweet.blogspot.com/2010/08/wizard-of-oz-party-sophies-4th-birthday.html

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