Coconut Panna Cotta with Mango

Mangoes + Coconut = Delicious. Here is a cool, creamy, coconut panna cotta topped with fresh diced mango and toasted coconut. This is my third panna cotta recipe, and I hope you’ll find it easy to prepare and a joy to eat.  Use a full fat coconut milk and your coconut panna cotta will have the…

Watermelon, Mint, and Feta Salad

Here’s a refreshing, flavor-packed salad –  particularly delicious on a warm day. Sweet juicy watermelon, fresh mint, salty feta, and a hit of red chili makes this salad a four part flavor blast: sweet, salty, savory, and fresh.  Enjoy! Watermelon, Mint and Feta Salad (amounts depend on servings needed) Watermelon cubes, chilled and seeded –…

Love Potion

Deep red blood oranges are available right now, and they make a beautiful cocktail.  Enjoy! Love Potion (serves two) 2 oz vodka 2 oz Aperol fresh squeezed juice of one deep-red blood orange Shake with ice until cold.  Strain into chilled glasses.  Enjoy!

Pomelo Avocado Salad

There is a beautiful array of citrus in season right now, including one of my favorites — the pomelo. If pomelo is new to you, you’re in for a treat.  It’s basically a huge, less bitter grapefruit.  There are several types of pomelo, either white or pink fleshed, and all with yellow rind and a…

Lux Lemon Layer Cake

I needed a cake for a friend’s birthday, and my lemon trees had some beautiful ripe fruit.  I imagined a light textured layer cake with bright lemon flavor completed with silky smooth lemon buttercream.  This cake was the result:  It’s like eating sweet sunshine combined with butter. This is a longer recipe than usual, as…

Blackberry Bars

One of the joys of late summer is blackberries.  I envisioned a simple dessert bar that had a crisp, buttery crust topped with as much blackberry sweetness as crust. Blackberry Bars Blackberries are deep purple, with a mellow sweetness and flavor.  The filling has no spices to distract from the blackberriness of the flavor.  And…