Chutney Love: Recipe for Preserving Summer
Whether praising peaches, exalting raspberries or ogling apricots, I'd have to say I gush over seasonal fruit. What I don't grow well (and that's a big category...
Figs in a Blanket: Tucking In Some Amazing Flavor
Fig in a blanket: sweet, savory, earthy, and easy to make
As a blogging goes, I try not to repeat myself. (If only I could apply...
Freezing Berries and Rocket Science
With buckets of blackberries dotting my counter, I was telling a friend that I should blog about How to Freeze Berries. Arched eyebrow notwithstanding, and a...
How to Make Ketchup & Blue Ribbon Redemption
As good as it gets: homemade ketchup from homegrown tomatoes via some lessons learned.
My culinary redemption is complete. As some of you may recall, my last attempt to...
Apricot Preserves Recipe: Jam Making as Alchemy
This apricot jam recipe is golden on all levels, a mixture of simple ingredients creating a whole greater than the sum of its parts. As my...
Recipe: Homemade Raspberry Sherbet Is a Sure Bet
Creamy, Dreamy Raspberry Sherbet
In my world of skills you need to know, making homemade ice cream is right up there with CPR, changing a flat...
Tasty Odd Couple: Strawberries & Balsamic Vinegar
There are two types of strawberries: those grown locally and those at home in a plastic clamshell.
Local berries: soft, juicy and bruised by a simple indiscretion.
Store-bought...
Rhubarb Vanilla Ice Cream: You Scream, I Scream…
Rhubarb-a-Palooza Continues...
With current Seattle temperatures visiting degrees reserved for ice fishing and mukluk wearing, should I really be making ice cream? Heck, yes; I scream...
Strawberry Rhubarb: The Fred and Ginger of Jam
Strawberry Rhubarb Romance in a Jam
In the world of preserves (and pie), spring's star couple is strawberry rhubarb. One's sweet, one's sour, both show...
This Kitchen’s Best Carrot Salad Recipe
As far as salads go, my favorites are the ones with little or no lettuce. (Hear me out.) I think I've had one too many plates...
