By Amanda Rose | Berries
There are times when it seems like we go through four quarts of jam in a week. My boys are growing and EATING and when we’re on the road, PB&J is standard fare — peanut butter and jelly on crackers or just on some decent sandwich bread. We actually make our own jams through the […]
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By Amanda Rose | Citrus
Since you are even looking at this post, I assume you either love North African food or you have 337 ripe lemons on your tree in the backyard and you’re wondering what in the world to do with them. I offer you three tasty ideas. Preserved lemons sound exotic to those of us in North […]
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By Amanda Rose | Citrus
Here in central California we are lucky enough to have access to some sort of fresh citrus much of the year. However, the motherlode really does hit in the spring when friends end up with back yards smelling of fermenting orange and lemon after months of picking limes then lemons then oranges. By mid-spring you […]
Continue readingBy 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 | 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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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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