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Feijoa – fabulous, exotic … and it might be in your backyard
A few weeks ago, I had never even heard of a feijoa, but lately I have seen them all over the place. A few people I know have the trees in their yards, and they have been showing up in … Continue reading
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Tagged feijoa jam, feijoa lemon jam, feijoas, fruit preserves, guavasteen, jam, pineapple guavas
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Try planking … all the kids are doing it
Planking? Not the weird fad that consists of kids lying face-down in a public place or other location, I mean cedar planking. As in cooking on a cedar plank, indoors or out. It’s a classy and modern yet ancient and earthy way … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaskan salmon, appetizers, asparagus, bok choy, brie, carrots, cedar, cedar planks, cedar-steamed vegetables, cheese, cooking on cedar planks, fish, gourmet cheese snacks, grapefruit, grapefruit/ vanilla marmalade, herbed salmon, jam, lemon, marmalade, pepper jelly, roasted cherry jam, roasted cherry pepper jam, rosemary, salmon, spicy jelly, thyme, vanilla, vanilla bean, white wine
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Enhance the flavors of summer with roasting
Since the invention of fire, humans have noticed that in addition to providing light and warmth, fire and heat makes our food tasty. Roasting isn’t just for meat, though. Next time you find a delicious bunch of plum tomatoes in … Continue reading
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Tagged basil, berries, cherries, garlic, jam, jelly, mixed berries, peppers, pomodori al forno, roasting, strawberries, tomatoes
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Plum Crazy, Part I — I still have all these oranges
I am lucky enough to live in San Diego, and to have a lot of friends with fruit trees. Really, most things grow well around here if you try hard enough, but even a tree that is neglected most of the … Continue reading
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Tagged brandied plums, christmas chutney, chutney, chutneys, jam, jams, jellies, jelly, jelly bag, orange-plum jam', pectin, plum chutney, plum jam, plums, smoked chicken, smoked garlic, smoked meat, smpked pork
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Maybe it’s because it’s Canadian? Eh?
I’ve always been a huge fan of carrot cake. It’s by far my favorite non-chocolate dessert. So when I stumbled upon a recipe for Carrot Cake Jam, I knew it must be love. And it was. It was all the … Continue reading
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Tagged bacon jam, berry jam, carrot cake, carrot cake jam, cooking, food, foodies, gifts, homemade food, homemade gifts, jam, jelly, lamb, marinade, marmalade, minted lamb, recipes, steak
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Adventures in marmalade
My family is Scottish and as such I feel it is somehow in my blood to enjoy and be good at making and cooking with marmalade. But after sampling a few different marmalades and making my own (courtesy of the … Continue reading
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Tagged bacon jam, berry jam, carrot cake, carrot cake jam, cooking, food, foodies, gifts, homemade food, homemade gifts, jam, jelly, lamb, marinade, marmalade, minted lamb, recipes, steak
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Call me mint jelly, cause I’m on the lamb!
The lamb was tender and perfect … but I can’t take the credit. It was all Paula Deen’s recipe. However, it went fabulously with a jar of homemade mint jelly. This is a super-easy jelly recipe, basically boiling mint … Continue reading
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Pepper Jelly, aka the first time EVER that something was not spicy enough.
One of the perils of a good jam, jelly or preserve is that you really can’t taste it without burning your face. By the time you can sample and possibly make any change to the taste, it’s already cooled and … Continue reading
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And then there was … bacon. Bacon jam.
I felt triumphant. I had gone from being a jam virgin to making three relatively successful jams that people seemed to enjoy eating and hadn’t lost their eyesight or anything. I had some empty jars left over and was wondering … Continue reading
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