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Chocolate Sushi

Despite the fact that Valentine's Day was quite awhile back, my husband received the fun assortment of chocolates above from a student yesterday. He also got a box of truffles from the same student, and while they were lovely and sophisticated, they... ...full story at So-Called Japanese Life

from So-Called Japanese Life on Sat, Feb 23 2008

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