When you get a last minute dinner invitation and you ask what you can bring, and your host suggests dessert,…
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Magnolia Blossom Cream Cake tastes like Spring! (a recipe)
Magnolias are glorious. Period. When they’re in bloom, they punctuate the landscape with gigantic bursts of color and fragrance, and…
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Plum Blossom Panna Cotta Recipe
The fragrance of plum blossoms is intoxicating, and something I look forward to every spring. Plum blossom season is brief,…
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Make Your Own Carob Powder: a Step by Step Guide
It doesn’t take long to get addicted to the flavor of carob. Taste it once and you’re hooked. And if…
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Lavender Meyer Lemon Bars: Recipe
Every year for my birthday, my pal Cayce sends me a box of Meyer lemons, foraged from her Bay Area…
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Mugwort Steamed Buns: Recipe
I’m not sure how to categorize this recipe. It’s a little bit sweet, a little bit savory, it’s the size…
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