She explained the ideas behind her personal favorite: steamed egg with ixora flowers, which grow in small clusters and have a slightly sour, rose-like taste.

WSJ: Flowers for the Eyes, and the Mouth

We drove home in silence, and when he parked in our long driveway I stayed back to pick some ixora flowers while Nnamabia unlocked the front door.

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When I got outside, I was not sure what to do, so I picked up a stone near the ixora bush and hurled it at the windshield of the Volvo.

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Red, not white: Ixora is common in Southeast Asia.

WSJ: Flowers for the Eyes, and the Mouth