Appetizing Sweet Red Peppers
Sweet red peppers, lightly stewed and sprinkled with vinegar, make a simple condiment that can be garnished with capers, toasted […]
September: Harvesting the Fields
I love to see how things grow, so for me nothing’s more gratifying than a morning in a field harvesting […]
Green Beans with Dill Pesto
A hill of beans gone dilly! This is one of my favorite summer picnic dishes. Top and tail the beans […]
Orange Fig Jam
Last summer I found local figs at our farmers market and got very excited about including them in my cooking […]
Spicy Carrot Soup with Cilantro Cream
We’re starting to see young carrots come into the markets, so I was determined to use up the big old […]
Ancho Chili Tomato Salsa
This salsa is smokin’ good! With a deep, rich color and an immediate flavor that’s hot but not too hot, […]
Apricot Lavender Jam
The most beautiful rosy apricots show up in our local farmers’ markets from time to time and put the mealy […]
Fresh Corn Salad with Pepper Salsa
When I cook for a large annual picnic in August, I always want to serve local corn but it’s a […]
Watermelon Slush
Dog days. Hot and sultry weather. Comes from the Roman idea that the Dog Star Sirius was too close to […]
Custard-topped Eggplant
With a beautiful giant eggplant on hand, I was thinking about how the large slabs could become eggplant lasagna without […]
Preserving Herbs Part 2: Salt
Preserving herbs in salt is really only a method of dehydration as the salt slowly sucks the moisture from the […]
Preserving Herbs Part 1: Vinegar
Subtly scented or fully flavored, herb-infused vinegar splashes summer on fresh food all year long. Before the herbs that I […]
Date-Nut Bread with Cranberry Orange Cream Cheese
Teatime! This old-fashioned Date-Nut Bread reminds me of my Scottish grandmother. That and shortbread, and fruitcake, sliced very thin. When […]
Yellow Plum Sorbet
I could not resist – for their beauty alone — the small yellow plums and dark violet Santa Rosa plums […]
Curried Corn Relish and a Couple of Salads
I started making this tangy and rather addictive relish about 12 years ago shortly after the publication of Perla Meyers’ […]
Another Amiable Summer Cake: Plum Torte
Last month I posted a summer cake that I adapted for raspberries, cherries and blueberries. It had a buttermilk batter […]
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