Luscious fall pears (Bartlett is fine but almost any gorgeous, ripe pear you come upon is as ideal) and nibs of semi-sweet chocolate enliven this quick bread. Just make sure the pears are ripe but firm for you don’t want mush as the fruit bakes and softens. Ordinarily a quick bread is homey but this combination of not-oft-used enough pears and chocolate make this elegatnt. I saw something similar in a French bakery; it was decked out in coarse sugar atop its quick-bread characteristic creviced top.