frog princess

For puddingcat, who wanted Ono and Gojyo, two gays of demonic charm

(  So, look. You can do this demonic charm thing, right?  )

I wrote this in October, for yaoi_challenge, under my sekrit identity of Clovis!

Title: Brave Disorder
Fandom: Antique Bakery
Pairing: Ono/Chikage
Rating: mild m/m
Warnings: for all four vols of the manga
Notes: written for sunfalling, who wanted something about Ono's helpless attraction to Chi. Also, thank you, lovely beta!

Summary: Ono's attraction to Chi surfaces, despite his best intentions. There is also undue mention of laundry, dusting and other housekeeping activities.

Brave Disorder

For emungere, who wanted the Antique Bakery guys playing spin-the-bottle. It took quite a bit longer than 20 minutes though...

Worksafe, men kissing!

( Birthday Party )

emungere, I think you need to read this Independent article on the emergence of 'haute patisserie'. It's Ono! Here's a selection of real life pastry wunderkinds and assorted cake porn:

Pierre Herme is a pastry chef who hosts his own haute patisserie shows to debut his spring-summer and autumn-winter cake lines.

Laduree - this is my favourite site, for the silly flash intro alone, which has bouncing macaroons. If Ono had a website it would do this. Its haute patisserie includes:
The jaw-dropping Blackcurrant-violet 'Religieuse'.
The frilliest cake in the world: Le Saint Honore a la Framboise
The lime-basil macaroon from the summer range sounds delicious: macaroons for all seasons
To brush up on cake history: the story of the macaroon

You get the sense from his website that Jean-Paul Hevin is far more uncompromising on form and eschews the frilly:
Pyramid
Guayaquil
Pomme de terre! Gives 'potato cake' a whole new meaning.

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eta: free_manga (need to join to see it) has some chapters of Shin Pet shop of Horrors (New Pet Shop of Horrors) for those interested. Count D is as creepy as ever.