ROUND UP MAC ATTACK #24 - PINK OCTOBER MACARONS

Sometimes we must put aside the fun and frivolity and get serious. Food blogging is like a large playground where we meet friends, gossip, tell stories woven with whimsy and infused with charm. We bake cakes to tempt and titillate, serve up long-simmered stews to warm and comfort. We tease and we amuse, we entertain and we provoke, our hands pressed deep inside a luxurious mound of bread dough pungent with yeast or sweet, sticky cake batter smeared across our forehead. Our food blogs...and in extension, this crazy food blogosphere...is a place to let go and be gleeful and let loose our inner child.

And then sometimes our little food blogs can be a place to gather and share information, educate and inspire good actions. Pink October is such a time and such a place. As our own Mac Passionate Baker Lisa of Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives posted:

Did you know, according to BreastCancerAwareness.com (Donate!):

* Every 2 minutes, there is a new breast cancer diagnosis.
* Every 14 minutes, a life is lost to the disease.
* Over 40,000 people will die this year; about 400 of them will be men.
* 85% of all diagnoses have no family history.
* 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer.
* Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women between ages 40 and 55.

All of the above is jarring. This is why early detection is so important. Women age 40 and older should have a mammogram every year and should continue to do so for as long as they are in good health – and all adults should do regular self-exams. Hint – in the shower, with soap, works really well.

And so, our wonderful Mac Bakers banded together and baked Pink Macarons for Pink October and Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And spread the awareness and the love.

Finla @ My Kitchen Treasures with Rose Macarons with White Chocolate Rose Filling

Michèle @ Mini Cuisine with Macarons "ruban rose"

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Macarons framboises "roses"

Yani @ The Kitchen Guardian with Pink Chocolate Macaron Pops

Kim @ Macaron Fetish with Pink Ribbon Macaron - with Szechuan Pepper Soya Milk Chocolate Ganache

CK @ My Little Kitchen & Me with Pinktober Macarons with a Hazelnut Praline Filling

HiCookery with Chambord Macarons

Jill @ MadAboutMacarons with Pinkilicous Macarons

Working London Mummy with Pink Macarons with Chilli Chocolate Ganache

Annapet @ The Daily Palette with Strawberry PinkOctober Macarons

Angela @ Ai Love Baking with Raspberry Pomegranate Macarons with Dark Chocolate Ganache and Pate de Fruit

Lady Macaron20ten with Zumbo's Strawberry Bubblegum Macaron

Jamie @ Lifes A Feast with Cocoa Macarons for Pinktober

Beyondumami with Strawberry Jam Pinktober Macarons

Mardi @ Eat Live Travel Write with Pink Macarons

Janine @ Not The Kitchen Sink with Pink Salted Caramel Macarons

The Little Loaf with Popping Pink Champagne Macarons with White Chocolate & Popping Candy

Mel @ Sharky Oven Gloves with Rose Martini Macarons

Shaz @ Test With Skewer with Rosehip Macarons with Blood Orange Ganache

Lora @ Diary of a Mad Hausfrau with Peppermint Pinktober Macarons

Amrita @ The Sweet Art with Pink Peppercorn and Grapefruit Macarons

Four and Twenty Blackbirds with Hot Pink Macarons with Chocolate Ganache

Lisa @ Parsley, Sage, Desserts & Line Drives with Hot Pink Vanilla Bean Goji Berry Macaron

Sandy @ Confiture de Vivre with Macarons Zum Pinktober

Astrid @ Paulchen's Food Blog with Rose Macarons filled with Rose Jelly

Deeba @ Passionate About Baking with a Pink Mac-ribbon atop a Pinktober Cake

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