Last night we visited a friend who had planned a sort of traditional lamb Dinner, to be followed by Easter Egg Decoration. I don’t really remember much about Easter dinners from my childhood, since we focused more on the egg thing, so I brought some gougeres made with Valdeon blue cheese (which I’m sure I’ll make again, but I didn’t take a photo), and pressure-cooked baby artichokes prepared with shallots, Meyer lemons, garlic, butter, olive oil, and a splash of wine, and a broccolini dish.

The one child present fell asleep before we got to the egg Decoration, so the adults took over that very important responsibility. We took a few of them home with us for breakfast this morning.

Hiromi made Doraemon. Mine is the ugly one in back. It was supposed to be an owl, but Turned out to look more like Frank Zappa.

For breakfast, I made an apple coffee Cake with a little allspice, black pepper, cinnamon, clove, and grains of paradise. It’s topped with a simple salted butter streusel. I was a little careless, so it turned out slightly underbaked, so it was a bit pudding-like, but still perfectly serviceable. I used very little sugar, so it was more spicy than sweet. Next time, I should let it bake a bit longer.