Thanksgiving, I see you! And I’m coming ready, with a delicious condiment. Tasting of the tart cranberries, honeyed floral quince, and ginger snap. Colored a most beautiful hue and smooth, spreading gorgeously on a whole grain bread, topped with turkey slices. I think I might have stopped everything I was doing when these cranberry quince preserves appeared on
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Oh hello again. Did someone say summer food rut? (Even Deb is with me!) Somehow, I am both disgusted by this weather and drawn to the outside all. The. Time. It seems like the only time you can tether me to the stove is to preserve gorgeous summer fruits (usually at midnight, I might add). I’m not even whipping up
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I love a good challenge. Making recipes from an older cookbook, where oven temperatures, baking times, ingredient treatments are oft unmentioned, would be fit the bill. When I spied the Burwell General Store‘s Recipe Swap, I was game. This swap involves remaking recipes from the book “All-Day Singin’ and Dinner on the Ground.” Written in a time where all cookbook owners were more familiar
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It’s that time of the year, when asparagus arrives! When ramps make their special appearance! When the ruby beauty that is rhubarb finally graces us with its presence! And, if you’re a canner, big or small, the gorgeous new fruits and vegetables excite you. It’s a sign of a glorious canning season starting again. Then again, you may be looking
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