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Fava beans

posted August 03, 2010 in Cooking Rut

Have you seen fresh fava beans? If you are on the lookout, you might find them at your local farmer's market or if you are really lucky, you might find them hiding in your grocery store's produce section. I work at a farm that just harvested a large (read full article)

NEW! Good Food, Fast: Dairy Cookbook

posted August 02, 2010 in Dairy Diary Chat

When you have rushed in from work or have hungry people patrolling the kitchen, thinking of meals let alone cooking them can be difficult. Giving you the inspiration to rustle up tasty meals that everyone will find irresistible, Good Food, Fast, our (read full article)

Fig and Raspberry Brulee

posted July 23, 2010 in The Cook's Tour

When my husband came home with a box of gorgeous fresh figs the other day, I was thrilled. I really wanted to come up with a recipe that was quick and easy and that could be a perfect dessert for a weeknight dinner.  I scanned the Internet and f (read full article)

Verlaque Contest - I chose not to cook at all!

posted July 21, 2010 in My Easy Cooking

My first taste of Verlaque products I had at the Food and Wine Show of  2007. I was fascinated with all the different flavors, splashes and infused balsamic reductions. At the time, my favorite without a doubt was the Lemon Olive Oil & Goose (read full article)

masterchef challenge

posted July 21, 2010 in inner pickle

Revelations: # If I wanted my life back once Masterchef finishes this weekend, I probably shouldn't have started watching Mad Men. Given I've got the whole first series. And given I'm a bit inclined to put my feet up once the kids are (read full article)

Fig and Brie Panini

posted July 14, 2010 in Dinners & Dreams

When the brie melts to a thick cream and becomes highly fragrant and the figs are reduced to a gooey jam-like consistency, there is pleasure in every bite. An unlikely but happy marriage of flavors occurs in this panini. Fig and Brie Panini Recipe1 s (read full article)

New Food Trends Spotted at 2010 Summer Fancy Food Show

posted July 13, 2010 in Nutrition Unplugged

What’s the latest thing in food?  One of the best ways to find out what’s hot is to browse the aisles of the Fancy Food Show.  Organized by the National Association of the Specialty Food Trade, it’s the largest marketplace for sp (read full article)

When Is A Fruit Not A Fruit? When It's A Fig!

posted July 08, 2010 in In The Raw

Daddy had a green thumb. Stick a twig in some dirt and he'd make it grow, like magic. That's exactly what he did when I was about seven years old — put a branch in the ground and, seemingly overnight, that Ficus grew into a 20-foot tree with sweet (read full article)

Fig, Serrano and Bocconcini Bruschetta

posted July 07, 2010 in TheHungerStruck

I have been the laziest cook lately. For the last few weeks as this blog will attest I have had minimal time in the kitchen. Actually it hasn’t been intentional at all, I’ve just been so busy lately. We are desperately trying to find a h (read full article)

Love at First Bite - Lamb Chops with Roasted Figs

posted July 02, 2010 in Mastering the Art of Mad Cooking

If you don’t live in California or in the South, you may have never seen a fresh fig.  These delicate fruits have a shelf life of a day.  You can pick an under-ripe fig in the morning, and it will be perfectly ripe by dinnertime.  (read full article)

Recipes from an Italian Summer - Review

posted June 24, 2010 in A Self-Confessed Foodie

Phaidon Press, publishers of The Silver Spoon, has released a new cookbook focusing on Italian Food!Recipes from an Italian Summer contains 380 summer recipes. The recipes are authentic Italian recipes that use fresh, seasonal ingredients. It has r (read full article)

Blue & Smelly

posted June 17, 2010 in Moving & Eating

After Elly came and broke me out of goat jail, we decided to take a good old fashioned American road trip to the cheese mecca of the entire country of France: Roquefort. I like to think that this pungent, difficult cheese is what separates the men f (read full article)

Blue & Smelly

posted June 17, 2010 in Moving & Eating

After Elly came and broke me out of goat jail, we decided to take a good old fashioned American road trip to the cheese mecca of the entire country of France: Roquefort. I like to think that this pungent, difficult cheese is what separates the men f (read full article)

Fantastic Figs

posted June 08, 2010 in The Vegan Diet

Image via WikipediaThere is nothing nicer than a fresh, organic, wonderfully sweet fig. Sadly they are not available all year round, so the next best option are dried figs. Figs are very nutritious, great for your health, and can be added to bot (read full article)

FRESH FIG & FRANGIPANE BUCKWHEAT TARTLETS

posted April 24, 2010 in Passionate About Baking

"If the divine creator has taken pains to give us delicious and exquisite things to eat, the least we can do is prepare them well and serve them with ceremony." Ferdinand Point Fruit in baking continue to hold my interest. I knew I had to get some (read full article)

Sicilian Fig Cookies

posted April 05, 2010 in I SICILIAN

Purciddati These are my husband’s favorite cookies that my mother learned to make when days were less complicated, and people had more time to smell the flowers. My husband rants and raves about them to everyone. The crust is soft and crumbly an (read full article)

Pork Medallions with Balsamic Fig Pan Sauce

posted April 01, 2010 in Bo's Bowl

I remember the first time I ever ate a fig.  My parents have several fig trees in their yard and when I was a young boy I remember my mom picking a bowl of these little brown fruits.  I  didn't want to try them bec (read full article)

fruit of the month: figs

posted March 11, 2010 in Entertaining Made Easy

Figs are believed to have originated in the Middle East and are now grown in many parts of the world including Australia. The season in Australia is a relatively short one – late summer to mid-Autumn – so enjoy them fresh while you can. Figs (read full article)

Favourite Flavour Combinations …

posted February 02, 2010 in Joburg Foodies

I took butternut pasta (panzerotti) out of the freezer just now and my immediate thought was I must get fresh sage and have burnt butter and sage; it’s like a perfect flavour combination, butternut, sage and lightly burnt butter! Of course it’s a (read full article)

White smoothness in a jar – Fig-Vanilla and Apple-Kiwi yogurts

posted January 29, 2010 in Citron et Vanille

Douceurs blanches dans un pot – Yaourts Figues-Vanille et Pomme-Kiwi I have been back to the US since last Friday and one thing that I already start missing is the yogurt. If you haven’t tried homemade yogurts, you haven’t tasted th (read full article)

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