By Jeanie Rose | Peaches Plums Apricots
When ripe, densely flavored fruit is available, take the opportunity to serve it fresh with a few adornments. This peach compote dish should inspire your creativity. With peaches I prefer the late season selections. They have rich flavor, sturdy texture, and usually are freestone. Here in Central California, they are available at every fruit stand […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Broth
I’m always on the lookout for extraordinary ways to enjoy ordinary food items. What is more ordinary than a potato? This adaptation of a soup from Colombia will totally change your image of what you know as potato soup. Ajiaco is a thin soup, verging on clear. The flavor comes from the broth and from […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Greens
This simple and stunning salad is adapted from a Southern Living recipe. I would have tried the recipe as written but had to punt for lack of some major ingredients. My resulting knock-off is so wonderful, I doubt that we will ever try the original. Do try this salad the next time you have ripe […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Peaches Plums Apricots
When you have a major harvest, do you try recipes you would never have considered before the bonanza arrived? I sure do! Take this plum brandy, for instance. It took a quantity of ripe plums. Any other year I was too stingy with the fruit to do a “frivolous” project such as this. After tasting […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Apple
Aunt Minnie is one of the rare cooks who has passed her art down to the next generations of would-be cooks. She is known for this fragrant fall treat, a delectable apple cake. Her recipe can be found in New Recipes from Moosewood. I have adapted it just a bit and do can you. Get […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Greens
In the spirit of using our abundant garden produce and foraging the beautiful wild greens around us, we are eating soup so loaded with leafy greens that it looks like extracted vegetable juice. This stuff is GREEN! It has been fun to figure out how to combine greens that would usually end up in the […]
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