Isabel:

The Beach Pastry: sparks the remembrance of a childhood memory many people share and provides an occasion for reminiscence through taste. 

The Beach Pastry combines beach-themed flavors, colors, and textures to evoke the memory of a childhood beach vacation. Prepared in a circular dish filled with blue gelatin, the dessert consists of a shell-shaped macaron on top, surrounded by a sprinkling of crushed graham crackers to represent the sandy beach and inside the macarons there is some seaweed to give a clear illustration and add a slightly salty flavor. By evoking childhood memories and reminiscences, this dessert could help someone who suffers from memory loss, someone who is having a difficult time in their life, or anyone who wants to experience a new kind of dessert. The Beach Pastry can help heal people by reminding them of their past, of how far they have come or what they have lost and helping integrate them with their past selves and emotions, specifically the bittersweet or nostalgic emotions and moments.

Aidan:

The Beach Pastry: a pastry meant to spark the memory of a beach vacation. 

The Beach Pastry is served on a laser-cut plate made out of acrylic. The pastry consists of a thin layer of blue jello, crushed graham crackers as sand, salty strudel as rocks, a shell shaped macaron with salted caramel filling inside of it, and some steamed seaweed for a slimy salty taste. Going beyond a traditional themed cake, like one with blue frosting and fish decorations, The Beach Pastry hopes to evoke the vivid, multi-sensorial feel of playing by the beach. This would be significant for anyone who has played at the beach and even more significant to someone who has spent many days at the beach. The Beach Pastry is significant to me because I have spent so much time making sand castles at the beach and going boogie boarding on waves.