#113 Summer in the Countryside | Homemade bubble tea, Lemon Flowers Cookies 🍋, Raindrop Cake…

The poem being recited in the beginning is "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?".

The benefits of making tapioca pearls yourself are that you know exactly what ingredients are inside it and you can customize it entirely with unique flavors.

To make lemon curd cookies, you first need to make the lemon curd by cooking lemon juice, sugar, salt, and egg yolks over simmering water. Then, stir in butter until melted and incorporated. Next, make the cookie dough by mixing flour, sugar, butter, and lemon zest. Roll out the dough, chill it, and then bake it. Finally, top the cooled cookies with the lemon curd.

The recipe for raindrop cake is to simmer agar agar powder and coconut water, cool it in ice water, and refrigerate it. Then, add syrup of your choice and soybean powder before serving.

Yes, the book "Last Child in the Woods" is recommended as it explores the alienation of children from nature, why it matters, and what can be done to make a difference. It emphasizes the necessity of contact with nature for healthy child and adult development.