After all this waiting, they’re finally here. Last year there was barely a strawberry season to speak of. Remember the summer of cold and rain? The blight that would never dry out? Although I secretly love a cold summer so that I can keep wearing jeans and drinking hot coffee, I had enough mushy, moldy…
rhubarb blueberry compote
Oh, boy. I could add in a couple of expletives, but I’m still on good behavior. Yesterday, in between sign holding and pacing around the house and making everyone dinner so that we wouldn’t forget to eat, I sat down for a minute with my mother and brought up that topic that seems to be…
cranberry sauce
Is it because I am a super hero?No. It is because cranberry sauce is that easy.I know there are some of you who have an attachment to can shaped gelatinous “cranberry sauce”. Go ahead. Eat that. I’m not going to try to convince you out of it, because frankly, I’m wiped and I recognize that…
blueberries and cream muffins
There have been two culinary opportunities in my life that I have really blown. Wait, now that I’m really thinking about it, there are more than two, but there are two that I just can’t seem to let go of.The first was in Morocco. It’s hard for me to show you this, because I’m really…
strawberry ice cream
Strawberries are my favorite. And ice cream is my favorite too. Now you know two more things about me. Strawberry Ice Cream from Alice Waters, The Art of Simple Food Makes one quart 3 egg yolks 3/4 cup half and half 3/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup heavy cream 1 1/2 to 2 pints strawberries, washed,…
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