Finally, the sake has arrived! It's cooking sake (mirin) so I won't be taking a swig or two while baking but it should add a little something-something to to this month's goodies. In order to encapsulate the overarching emotions of loneliness, longing, regret, and shattered dreams I want to create two desserts, one for Ito and another for Mariane. These desserts will be symbolic of their deepest psychological traumas and the ways in which they cope with the pain.
Mariane: The baby she lost custody of and her alcoholism.
Ito: The death of his wife and his obsession with a prostitute.
