By Amanda Rose | Apple
It’s apple season and, of course, that means fresh-pressed apple cider from all of those road-side apple stands. It is a treat of the fall for us to venture over to California’s central coast and to travel along See Canyon road tasting apples and returning home with lugs of fresh apples and gallons of cider. […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Half Pint Fun
We did it. It’s a popular Pinterest project and when I saw it I got excited and then took a second look and thought, “This one could be a real disaster.” Indeed, it can be. We thought about it and worked through it several times. The Half Pints offer a video with the how-to steps […]
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What do you do with this strange, fuzzy brown fruit? What you definitely don’t want to do is simply take a big ole bite out of that. A friend of mine did that once and it is memorable. The skin is fuzzy and scratchy and just leaves a rough sensation in your mouth. It actually […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Persimmon
Persimmons are a wonderful benefit of the fall season, ripening just before Thanksgiving and providing a robust fruity flavor just as the late summer crops whither on the vine. As with all fruits, a tree-ripened persimmon is particularly dear and we are lucky here in central California to have friends with persimmon trees and access […]
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By Amanda Rose | Garden
Alastair and I had the wonderful luck to travel to the eastern Sierra and give a little eyeball to Mt. Whitney before the recent snow very likely capped it in white. It’s one of my favorite places to travel and only about three hours from our house. I should go far more often. I love […]
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My children have gotten used to a “night snack” and “night time tea.” They are both bean poles and it seems to me that a bit of caloric intake before bed is a great idea. I encourage their requests. Of the options that rotate through the household, this is one that I put together when […]
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