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fluffy cocoa chiffon cake i made a while back. wasn't bad but we all agreed we liked our chocolate cakes very rich and very chocolate-y. meanwhile, tried and made a fresh strawberry chiffon cake today, went spectacularly bad - tasted nice enough but such an ungainly looking thing!
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simple little rolls. a low-yeast, slow-rise kind. i think i can now say i got past my fear of baking with yeast - not confident, but at least not afraid.
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strawberry pistachio tart
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last of apple blossoms. in my folks' orchard.
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greens get darker by day, subtly but distinctly.. and one morning seemingly all of a sudden it all looks more summery than springy. {rhubarb strawberry crisp and first flush sencha green tea}
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first fresh rhubarb of the season, picked up at my local green market
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chicken tomato curry with avocado and cottage cheese
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flowering peach trees. flowering alright!
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it's been pretty fabulous to have cinnamon rolls and coffee for breakfast/snack -with this view. takes my breath away every day.
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spent the last couple of days having fun comparing a few cinnamon roll recipes to try and decide on one (or maybe two) to make for my auntie. couldn't have done it without a lot of strong coffee, and family friends and the likes i can share a majority of the ultra-decadent treats with.
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yae-zakura, a 'double-flowered' variety of cherry blossoms that typically come very last in the sakura season (and the one i used to make pickled blossoms &leaves). this shall be my last sakura photo of the season.. well until next year! :)
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trying my hand at homemade pickled cherry blossoms and leaves. i ought to have used younger (i.e. not so open) blossoms but got there a bit late. oh well. still, the flowers are pretty and the leaves are amazingly fragrant.
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happy mother's day to all the moms! oreo cheesecake for mine, her all-time favorite.
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shape of a cake mold and texture of rusty iron, this beautiful dish is actually ceramic, created by Japanese ceramic artist Eri Kawaguchi. starting today Chidori, my favorite little pottery shop in Tokyo, is doing a special week featuring her works. this is one of these times i cannot help but wish i lived in Tokyo.. *sigh*
川口江里さんの鉄色マドレーヌ皿。東京・水道橋の大好きな器屋、千鳥さんが5年前にオープンしたときに見てひと目惚れして手に入れて以来、ずっと大事にしています。その千鳥さんで川口さんの個展が今日から始まりましたね。こんなときは東京に住んでたら、、と思います。。（ため息）
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last of a late-bloom variety of cherry blossoms. mostly replaced by the leaves but still pretty.
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a rainy one. not cold, just a hint of early summer, even.
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choc mint scones. chunks of dark chocolate and macadamia nuts, and finely chopped fresh mint mixed in a leanish scone dough. on another note, our mint plants are coming back!!! when you think hardly anything edible survives in the poor garden of ours.. *woohoo*
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pasta with kogomi and bacon. crisp fizzy white. supper.
