Quintessential ... of the pure and essential essence of something: the quintessential Japanese art of origami. 2. of or pertaining to the most perfect embodiment of something... My Japanese maple tree in the garden bursts into life this week There can be nothing more quintessentially Japanese than Origami and how lucky are we to have two Japanese house guests to share and delight us with their skills at paper folding... Go on tell us more, I can hear you ask? We are a Homestay family, who open our doors to international guests who come to study in Melbourne. On Sunday, we had two lovely Japanese nurses move in for the week. We learn on arrival, one guest is a Japanese food model and fellow blogger - can you imagine the pressure of the week knowing that everything you serve up with be photographed for a well respected and established Japanese food blog?! Now I have two approaches to cooking, first and foremost I love rustic cuisine - think of the
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