Hwajeon

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Glutinous rice cakes topped with azalea flowers: the concept alone is an emotional overload. Too pretty to eat, and once you bite, chewy and sweet, so you feel even worse about it. Bring these to a spring picnic and own the mood.

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❝ Hwajeon nori was a classic spring outing for women in the Joseon dynasty. On Samjinnal (3rd day of the 3rd lunar month), they picked flowers, fried them into jeon and wrote poems. Today's version: bringing homemade dessert to a spring picnic. ❞

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