Do you ever feel like you're being followed? Well, I do. And this time I'm definitely being followed, possibly even stalked — by cheesecake.
I'm not talking about cheesecake waiting outside my door and watching my comings and goings. I'm talking about cheesecake coming straight into my house! In the form of omiage. It seems that absolutely everyone has given me some kind of gift of cheesecake lately.
But being pursued by cheesecake is better than being stalked by Castella cake, which was the case last year. This ubiquitous Japanese sponge cake was originally brought to Japan in the 16th century and became popular among sailors who were at sea for months at a time.
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