Posted in Farmers' markets & locally grown food, Neighbors, Recipes and cooking on Jun 25th, 2007
Erin and Superspark came over on Saturday to make preserves. Superspark brought plums from her apartment complex and Costco, and we went over to the Pasadena farmers’ market for strawberries and apricots.
Sugar
Stirring
Sealing
Picture taking
Post production photo shoot
Preserves
Posted in Recipes and cooking on Apr 30th, 2007
This recipe is adapted from Mark Bittman’s “White Beans, Tuscan-Style” on page 509 of How to Cook Everything. As Mark Bittman notes, great olive oil makes a difference in this recipe.
Anasazi Beans with Sage
About 1/2 pound dried Anasazi beans, washed and picked over
20 fresh sage leaves, rinsed (Optional: We also like them tied into [...]
Posted in Recipes and cooking on Apr 17th, 2007
Rattling the Kettle has now posted the recipe he was tantalizing some of us with in the comments here a while ago: Patty’s Composed Salad With Blood Orange Dressing
Posted in Farmers' markets & locally grown food, Recipes and cooking on Apr 6th, 2007
Blue potatoes from the Pasadena farmers’ market
Blue potatoes with slivered garlic
Adapted from the Fingerlings with Slivered Garlic recipe on p. 411 of Deborah Madison’s Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone.
Olive oil
1 pound small All Blue potatoes scrubbed and sliced into about 1/3-inch thick rounds
6 big garlic cloves (or more small ones) sliced thinly
Salt and freshly ground pepper
Preheat [...]
Posted in Farmers' markets & locally grown food, Recipes and cooking on Mar 22nd, 2007
The tomatoes and basil are from Pasadena’s Saturday morning farmers’ market, and the buffalo mozzarella is from Roma Italian Deli & Grocery.
Caprese salad in the making, 1
Caprese salad in the making, 2
Caprese salad in the making, 3
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