Last Saturday, we stopped by the Brooklyn Flea for the Bake Sale for Japan. My friend, Talida, lovingly baked for the sale. I wanted to support her and the other bakers. And I love baked goods, not much convincing needed! She made matcha, azuki, and kurogama (black sesame) shortbread cookies. Visit her blog for recipes!
I also tried the olive oil pignoli cake from Il Buco. Delish. I am a huge fan of pignoli (pine nuts) and the olive oil made the cake so moist.
I also had to visit the Whimsy and Spice stand. The chocolate orange cardamom shortbread cookies caught my eye. I unintentionally amassed a lot of shortbread that day. The cookies are also perfect for making mini ice cream sandwiches.
We also waited in line forever for a huarache. It was pretty messy to eat and a bit salty.
In non-Flea eating news:
I picked this up from Sunrise Mart the other day – I’m not sure what it is called, but it is a jelly snack with tons of healthy kinako powder, which I discovered during my month in Japan. I think it is much healthier than the peanut powder used in Taiwan? 🙂
I also have to highlight Zabb City’s amazing mango and sticky rice dessert. I LOVE mango and this beats Sripraphai’s refrigerated version.
Oh, it’s all so beautiful and tasty looking of course! I especially love how the shortbread looks on that raku-ish plate, all Rothko like.
I’d never heard of Rothko – thank you for the compliment!
DELIcious. mmmmm.
Thanks for posting pictures!! Everything looks good, esp. jelly with kinako!
And @woodley park-zoo – you’ve given me a wonderful idea: Rothko replication in cookie medium! 😉
Kinako is certainly healthier than peanut powder. I love the taste of kinako on desserts.
Sidenote: I think I still have two bags of kinako from my Tokyo trip a few years ago. How bad could expired kinako get? Kinako also tastes great on top of juicy strawberries drizzled with condensed milk… just sayin’ 😉
YUM. Good question – I think I have a bag of kinako that’s as old as my kinako ice cream post from… eek… October 2009. If I dare try it, I’ll let you know. Or I might just get a new bag. 🙂