Spring is here! So let's make some colorful spring dishes: Chef Saito's Chirashi Sushi Cake, and Crystal-clear Cherry Blossom Jelly. 1. Cook the rice vinegar, sugar and salt in a pot over low heat ...

The first state dinner for Japan in nearly a decade ... Not even dessert was safe from cherry-blossom diplomacy. The salted-caramel pistachio cake was enveloped in a matcha ganache, flanked ...

It is time to be in Japan. And now ... try sakura mochi – a toothsome pink rice cake wrapped in a pickled cherry blossom leaf – or sip on delicately floral sakura tea. It is bliss.

Fans of Starbucks in Japan will be able to add some variety to their caffeine habit this month as the ubiquitous coffee chain readies its annual Japan-only “hanami” (cherry blossom ... cerise inspired ...

There is a huge variety at Dog Tag Bakerythat includes cherry chocolate chip cake, cherry sweet ... They will serve their cherry blossom gelato, along with Japanese inspired flavors.

During cherry blossom season in Japan, folks participate in “hanami,” which translates to “flower watching.” Friends, co-workers and families spread blankets under the blossoming trees ...