If I knew then what I know now, I probably wouldn’t have undertaken this exercise in freezing apples. But this is how we learn, right? It started because I wasn’t of a mind to turn on the oven, so I decided to prep half my apples, freeze them and turn them into pie at some [...]
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Preserving apples, part 2: frozen slices
July 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Cooking for one, Cooking tips, Environment, Food preparation, recipes
Preserving apples, part 1: getting saucy
July 27th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Food preparation, recipes
I finally got around to those apples, and my second adventure in food preservation for the year. (The dried mint was the first.) Seeing as I prefer to do things the hard way, I decided to turn some of the apples into applesauce and prep the rest for future pie-baking. Turns out I had a [...]
Lime granita is perfect end to summer meal
July 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · recipes
Yes, the spaghetti and meatballs were fine, but the lime granita for dessert was what got my guests’ attention the other night. (Well, that and the marvelous Ultrafast Avocado Soup that Angela brought as an appetizer. An amazing recipe and dish.) I don’t own an ice cream freezer and have had mixed results in the [...]
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Salade nicoise makes its first appearance
July 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Food preparation, local food, recipes
I love Nicoise salad (or salade nicoise, as you prefer), and the fruits and vegetables to make it are rolling in. As Michele Humes noted, it’s a dish that has a melange of variations, but I pretty much quit worrying about what’s the “right” way to make it years ago. I’m just happy when I [...]
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Fresh produce, including eggplant, begs to be eaten
July 16th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Food preparation, recipes
A friend recently bestowed on me this gorgeous bounty from her garden after I said “yes” to her eggplant offer. I was thinking ratatouille until I realized I didn’t have any peppers, and I didn’t want to go to the store or farmers market. Instead, I used much of the produce to make the following [...]
Tags:eggplant·herbs·pasta·summer produce
Almost Peches cardinal are almost as good
July 11th, 2008 · 5 Comments · local food, recipes
Sometimes I think we American cooks get too caught up in what’s fashionable to prepare rather than focusing on what’s divine to eat. Consider peches cardinal. Sort of like Peach Melba without the ice cream, peches cardinal combines two divine fruits—ripe peaches and raspberries—prepared to underscore their savor and highlighted with a touch of vanilla [...]
