Spring Spinach and Herb Gnocchi
The sweet spinach of spring heralds a growing season of bountiful greens. It is the time of year when the […]
Meyer Lemon Marmalade with Tarragon
This marmalade bridges winter and spring by combining the last citrus with the first fresh herbs. Meyer lemons are sweeter […]
Rosemary Pine Nut Cookies
A Table in the Tarn, written by Orlando Murrin, is the story of two guys who left London to take […]
Winter Squash Risotto with Sage
Risotto is one of the ultimate comfort foods in our house. A little leftover winter squash and turkey stock from […]
Waste Not Want Not – Apple Jelly with Thanksgiving Herbs or Spices
After peeling and coring eight organically grown apples for a Thanksgiving pie and sprinkling the slices with the juice of […]
Preserving Herbs Part 9: Salt Rubs – Rosemary-Sage and Celery
Now that the local growing season is winding down, I am harvesting the remaining herbs that won’t survive the winter […]
Preserving Herbs Part 8: Making Herb Tea
I have had a love affair with lemon verbena for months thanks to a bumper crop at our CSA. At […]
Preserving Herbs Part 7: Sugared Pesto – Lemon Verbena
When I was playing around with herb syrups for Part 5 of my Preserving Herbs series, I was in the […]
Canning Tomatoes: Tomato-Orange-Rosemary Sauce
I’ve been restocking my pantry with tomato puree, a simple base of crushed canned tomatoes – smooth and chunky – […]
Preserving Herbs 6: Rose Geranium and Lemon Basil Jellies
I’ve been making really fun jellies since the spring, when I started with flowers – dandelions, violets and Queen Anne’s […]
Preserving Herbs Part 5: Syrup from our “Local Lemons”
I am resuming the series that I started last fall on various ways to preserve herbs. Last year, I preserved […]
Lemon Verbena Ice Cream
This beautiful ice cream is simply delicious: it’s lemony and grassy from the herbs. Our CSA grew lemon verbena for […]
Peach “Marmalade” with Rose Geranium
Our neighborhood elementary school has vegetable, flower and herb gardens that are used as a hands-on learning experience for students. […]
Full of Beans: Three Energizing Seasonal Salads
Here are three of the many ways we’ve been enjoying beans over the last couple of weeks since they arrived […]
Blueberry Basil Sorbet
We wandered into our amazing local ice cream parlor the other day and sampled delicious and perfectly seasonal blueberry basil […]
Thai Basil Chicken
Basil of all varieties epitomizes summer for me. It’s persnickety about cold, so I start growing it in June when […]
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