The Heirloom Apples Renaissance Traditionally, an old fashioned fall treat has been the availability of aromatic heirloom apples and the rich complex flavor of pressed cider. Although grocery stores attempt to carry “cider” in pasteurized containers all year, the taste is insipid in comparison to the special flavor that blended heirloom varieties give to their […]
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Good Reason To Eat Locally Grown Tomatoes
If you weren’t convinced already, the truth about your store bought, commercially grown tomato is out and being broadcast. Everything You Wanted To Know About Tomatoes But Were Afraid To Ask gives everyone a heads up on the new book, Tomatoland, by Barry Estabrook If ever there were a plethora of reasons to grow your […]
Alisa Barry of Bella Cucina Features Branzini Baked Cod & Salsa Verde on…
Delicious light cooking is in season for both fall as well as springtime. I always look for fish dishes I think my family will eat. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~© 2010 written for Ilona’s Garden Journal. Copyrights apply.
Rossella’s Salad
Here is the link to Rossella’s Salad with the figs and fennel. She is undoubtedly a better cook than me, but I think I would lightly braise the fennel. Rocket is not widely available here, but baby spinach is, and I would use that. Rossella’s Simple but Wonderful Salad. *Note to self: arugula is probably […]
Not the Candy Apples I Remember!
But quite beautiful in their own way. From Matt Bites clipped from mattbites.com I walked back into the kitchen to find the most beautiful candied apples before me. Black glossy cinnamon-scented candied glass enveloped small apples, twigs became their handles, and a few shockingly red candied apples only made their black counterparts more ominous. It […]
Zucchini Days
Muum‘s got a bunch of zucchini posts going- with recipes and a reminder that Saturday is National Leave a Zucchini on your Neighbor’s Porch day.





