Lucky me. I found myself in possession of a selection of succulent local pears. Even though these are quite lovely eaten raw, I decided to use nearly all of them as the basis for my local-food contribution to yesterday’s local wine-local food dinner.
At first, I thought I’d make a pear tart of some kind, perhaps [...]
Roasted pears make simple work of local dessert
September 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments · local food, potlucks, recipes
Preserving apples, part 2: frozen slices
July 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Cooking for one, Cooking tips, Environment, Food preparation, recipes
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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Almost Peches cardinal are almost as good
July 11th, 2008 · 4 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 [...]