Strawberries add such a sweet happy note to any morning. I created a new granola flavor featuring strawberries and vanilla for a touch of joy in my breakfast. Using powdered freeze dried strawberries in the granola mixture allows for a rich strawberry flavor, accented by the sweet note of vanilla. Together they taste like strawberries…
Category: Fruit
Plum Sparkler
Plums are ripe and abundant on neighborhood trees. While 2020 has been a tumultuous year, it’s been fabulous for plums. Something about the weather here in California has graced the plum trees with amazing fecundity. A friend has a bumper crop of Santa Rosa plums and gifted me with a crate of ripe fruit. This…
Lemon Poppy Seed Snack Cake
My daughter left her apartment in NYC and came back to California due to the Covid-19 shut down — I’m grateful that she is safe and with me for the moment! One of the things she misses from her life on the east coast is a lemon poppy seed muffin made by a cafe next…
Gravenstein Apple Slab Pie
There is a local apple variety that is hitting the markets right now — the Gravenstein Apple. It’s juicy and fresh, with a delightfully balanced flavor. This early ripening apple is an old fashioned variety that does well in northern CA, with Sonoma County it’s epicenter of production. I attended the Gravenstein Apple Fair last…
Cocoa Cherry Smoothie
What if your smoothie tasted so good that you’d gladly enjoy one for dessert . . . but it was actually loaded with superfood? Well, wonder no more! This smoothie is tastier than a slice of 1970s era Black Forest Cake, but will power you up with the goodness of cherries, cocoa, and chia. I…
Spiced Cocktail Cherries
Luscious red cherries are a glorious fruit to pair with whiskey in house-crafted cocktails. One of my favorites is the Manhattan, often garnished with a preserved cherry. I wondered how I could make my own fresher version of this bar back staple, and capitalize on the beautiful sweet cherries currently in season. The Bing cherry…
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