This Does Not Make Me Want To Eat That Cheesecake

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Japanese cheesecake garnished with shriveled grapes and pine needles

From the Tokyo bakery that has been indicted for misusing the Universal Garnish on previous occasions comes this inexplicable frippery. I had to press my nose right up against the glass to figure out that this cheesecake is decorated with…

Japanese cheesecake garnished with shriveled grapes and pine needles

…shriveled grapes and pine needles?

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Jonelle Patrick writes novels set in Japan, produces the monthly e-magazine Japanagram, and blogs at Only In Japan and The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had

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Author of The Last Tea Bowl Thief

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