I am on a lemon-bender. These fragrant yellow orbs are hobbling into grocery stores everywhere for the season. I couldn't be happier. It's no secret I love citrusy things. Biggest problem is usually that I can't decide which of it is my most favourite. Besides having to ...
It's springtime, and even though I might have a bad back, I'm a die-hard gardener. Some of the most simple and rewarding treasures of a garden are the ones taken for granted. Possibly because they are so easy to grow they are often over-stepped. Take ...
Who knew? When I saw that reminder on Twitter, I couldn't help myself but to think that I may not have been celebrating enough lately. How about you? Life a little busy? Preoccupied with everything? I had a pineapple sitting, waiting for someone to enjoy it, so ...
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JANUARY The citrus obsessed that I am decided away with diets and and that pink grapefruits were way underused: Red Grapefruit Curd Filled Donuts Every winter likes the cold and every winter I battle it with something extra warm:...
You think I would have learned after my adventure with a basket of peaches last year. Yet, here I go again with another overflow of peaches and posts. I like peaches, I really do. Sweet ...
Really? I didn't know what a "sonker" was either until I looked up what was closest to what I'd made. Just think of it as a cobbler on it's head, I did. So, when I looked up an inverted cobbler, I found Pandowdys, grunts ...
I've been thankfully blessed with an ever seemingly flowing deposit of cherries at market this season. My fingertips are stained and I've finally invested in a cherry pitter it's been such a bumper year. The other day, with another bowlful of cherries, I was called by ...
Eons since I've visited the south of France, I was whisked to my memories of the Mediterranean first, by a post by David Lebovitz and again by this book. The books recipe missed elements, like being tested apparently, but it reinforced ...
Sometimes I just look over those great recipes and think; no way, no how. This was one of those months. A cake where the only leavener is a bowlful of pouffy egg whites? How am I going to veganize that? Buttercream? Whipped cream? C'mon - my guests are more than happy with a fruit bowl, right? But then, when I made the original recipe - and tasted it... It would be just plain cruel if I didn't, at the very least, attempt something for everyone to eat.
The way this homemade stuff pops up and ends up in various pastries and the like, you'd think that absolutely almost everyone loves Nutella. Almost. I had hazelnuts on hand and I've been itching to use my cocoa nibs in everything, I just had to, ...
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