Well, Mardi Gras went fast, leaving behind nothing but pancake memories...
And now it's Ash Wednesday, already. Here's just the right pizza to mark the occasion...
My first guess was that squid ink had been used to give it that strong black colour. But it turned out to be ash -- takesumi (bamboo ash), in fact.
Score another one for the folks at Paradise Alley, the little bakery tucked in next to the farmers' market in Kamakura.
Paradise Alley is on the Food File map here.
And, just the other day, I even came across takesumi ash being used in a dessert — or rather I found this photo by drtomostyle...
Takesumi roll cake: brilllant!
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