By Jeanne, on July 21st, 2010
Does your sourdough starter have a name? I’ve noticed that many of my blog friends name their sourdough starters. Now, I know that the starter is technically alive, but somehow I’ve never felt the need to call mine by name. Since it’s non-sentient, it doesn’t seem to mind. It bubbles along [...]
By Jeanne, on July 15th, 2010
We are lucky to have an abundance of delicious carrots at our local farmers market. It’s one of my favorite purchases every week. They even come with the greens attached. I’m sure there’s a cooking method for the greens, but I haven’t yet experimented with them. Anybody have any recommendations for [...]
By Jeanne, on June 8th, 2010
I’ve got a problem. I’m obsessed with fresh berries from the farmers’ market. I simply can’t leave without a pint or two or three of strawberries. This past weekend, as I approached my favorite berry farmer’s table, I spied the blackberries! Perfectly ripe and sweet, I knew they wouldn’t last long. [...]
By Jeanne, on June 2nd, 2010
I just can’t stay away from these Meyer lemons. They were destined to become another pitcher of lemonade when I had a breakthrough moment. I’d been waiting and waiting to buy poppy seeds so I could use them in bread. When we received another batch of Meyer lemons from the farm I [...]
By Jeanne, on February 10th, 2010
I miss fresh berries during the winter. Luckily, I found some strawberries in my freezer. My first instinct was to make strawberry muffins, but I decided to try a quick bread instead. Of course, I didn’t have enough strawberries, so I added some frozen blueberries as well.
This bread is quick and easy. [...]
By Jeanne, on January 4th, 2010
When we spent the weekend in Big Sur, we ate two breakfasts and one dinner at the Big Sur Bakery. I fell in love. I needed more than one weekend to try each breakfast pastry and every type of pizza.
I’ll go back someday soon, but for now I’ve got their cookbook. When I saw the [...]
By Jeanne, on November 21st, 2009
Ah, gingerbread. The smell of the holidays. I figure that it’s time to start baking with gingerbread when the stores have their holiday displays up. I’m pretty sure that they used to wait until after Thanksgiving to deck the halls. But yesterday I found myself in the middle of a winter wonderland as I did [...]