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Japanese Baumkuchen

February 19, 2010
Baumkuchen

It all started three summers ago… Every time I walked into the store, you had your eyes on me but my eyes were directed at something else. How foolish was I to not see your beautiful eyes? We could have met earlier but my foolishness has cost us time. Alas, this winter sale has helped [...]

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Claw Cake and Smelly Tofu

February 18, 2010
Claw cake

The words “Chinese food” may conjure up images of har gou (shrimp dumplings) or orange chicken but that stuff only scratches the surface. With China being such a large country you’d expect the varieties of food to be immense. And you’d be correct in thinking so.

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Moon Cake

October 3, 2009
moon cake

Today being the Chinese Moon Festival, it only makes sense to be eating some sort of moon cake. Here we have a traditional oil packed lotus seed paste flavor cake. Carrying a load of over 1000 calories, it will serve as a whole meal.

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