Blueberry and Red Currant Jam
Tart up your blueberries with red currants. They’re in season at the same time, so are natural companions. I find […]
Rhubarb Currant Jam
Red currants are magic in jam making. Acidic and full of pectin, they cause jam to gel quickly and allow […]
Tarted-up Strawberry Rhubarb Jam: Orange and Cardamom Versions
I finally feel that I’ve mastered strawberry rhubarb jam. A technique from Jeanne Lesem’s Preserving Today, an early 1990s book, […]
Roasted Asparagus with Strawberries
Strawberries are the tomatoes of spring. Recently, they’ve been sliced and diced, pickled and pureed, and added to more dishes […]
Blueberry Boy-Bait
Take the cake and get the guy. That’s the idea behind a recipe created by teenager Renny Powell for the […]
Blackberry Peach Jam
High summer fruit season – with plentiful berries and stone fruit – is a paradise for making jam. I had […]
Sweet Hot Strawberry-Currant Jam
I have a thing for the combination of sweet and hot. For as much jamming as I do, you’d think […]
Strawberry Jam with Pinot Noir
I have an opinion about strawberry jam. No, actually, I have an attitude. I don’t like the old fashioned way […]
Paper Chef: Nectarine Upside-Down Cake with Green Tea Ice Cream
With the ingredients nectarines, cornmeal, almonds and green tea for this month’s Paper Chef, I immediately thought of an upside-down […]
Blueberry Jam with Lemon Basil
The seasons for local summer fruit where I live are so fleeting that one could miss them within a couple […]
Summer Bread Pudding with Berries
I found a bowlful of cubed bread on the kitchen counter this morning, a not-so-subtle hint about Sunday breakfast. So […]
Blueberry Basil Sorbet
We wandered into our amazing local ice cream parlor the other day and sampled delicious and perfectly seasonal blueberry basil […]
Peach and Raspberry Sorbet
This is like the famous dessert Peach Melba but without the ice cream. “Peach Melba” was invented by Auguste Escoffier […]
Blueberry Pie for the Fourth of July
Festive blueberry tarts decorated with star cutouts and red berries are irresistible for a Fourth of July picnic. As blueberries […]
July: It’s the Berries
Using a historical slang phrase that means the same thing as “the bee’s knees” (not sure I get that one), […]
Sour Cherry Jam
Our local organic orchard grows about a dozen types of cherries that all ripen at once, typically around Fathers’ Day. […]
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