So . . . what do all of these dishes have in common?
crab apple blossom drops with Meyer lemon sour mix
warmed olives with fava beans and rosemary
nasturtium pesto
watercress, nasturtium, and miners’ lettuce salad with pine nuts and fresh flowers
and braised dandelion and nettle with wild mushrooms
Yep - they are all made from ingredients foraged [...]
Posted by: Rose on May 18th, 2008 ©
Filed under: Cocktails & Spirits, Condiments, Food for Thought, Menus, Seasonal-Spring, Side Dish | No Comments »
Here, dear reader, a little game while the next post brews — can you guess what all of these dishes have in common?
crab apple blossom drops with meyer’s lemon sour mix
warmed olives with fava beans and rosemary
nasturtium pesto
watercress, nasturtium, and miners’ lettuce salad with pine nuts and fresh flowers
and braised dandelion and nettle with wild [...]
Posted by: Rose on May 8th, 2008 ©
Filed under: Cocktails & Spirits, Condiments, Food for Thought, Menus, Seasonal-Spring | 2 Comments »
It’s dark, now, as I leave the office in the evenings, and I’m finding it harder to motivate for anything but curling up in a big chair with a book and a cup of tea. But the “to do” list seems to double in length daily, and somehow it seems like time is being trimmed [...]
Posted by: Rose on November 20th, 2007 ©
Filed under: Cocktails & Spirits, Condiments, Fruit, Menus, Sweets | 3 Comments »
I would like to remind everyone that Fall is officially here in California and the quince fruit is now in season and available at your local farmer’s markets. Early in July I wrote about my first attempt at making jam. It was quince jam, and it turned out to be delicious! You [...]
Posted by: Will on October 4th, 2007 ©
Filed under: Condiments, Preserves | 6 Comments »
Many people may not realize it, but the word pesto literally means: to pound or to crush, in Italian. It seems obvious when you think of similar sounding words like mortar and PESTLE, but for some reason, until recently, I never made the connection.
Homemade pesto sauce was almost a weekly tradition for me and [...]
Posted by: Will on September 27th, 2007 ©
Filed under: Condiments, Food for Thought, Main Dishes | 6 Comments »
