Pomegranate Raspberry Swirl Mochi Ice Cream

I have a very good friend who absolutely adores mochi ice cream. Once in a while she’ll treat herself to some store-bought ice cream treats, but only on a whim. So, when I saw this recipe for “easy” homemade mochi ice cream balls, my insides filled with flutters. Soft mochi—smooth and pillowy and cotton ball-light—needn’t…

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Black Rice and Vanilla Stuffed Lotus Root

Typically you’d find lotus root pickled and served alongside a bouquet of other intricately and ornately prepared veggies alongside your sushi smorgasbord. But you know, me, nothing about me or my ideas are typical. I wanted something exotic…enticing…forbidden… Well, this may not be it, but carefully stuffing the porous root of the lotus flower with…

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