Next Stop - Provence, home of millions of fields of lavender - (photo courtesy Relais et Chateaux) Toasted Coconut, Lavender and Peach Scones Ok, my wanderlust is kicking in big time again now and in my dreams, I am going to Provence next. I adore the movie, "A Good Year" with Russell Crowe. If you haven't seen it, do. It's lots of fun and it will make you want to go, if you are anything like me - and pick up the life these lucky … [Read more...]
Cherries Jubilee!
sour cherry ice cream from laugingduckgardens.com I'm Celebrating Cherries! Ok, truth be told, I have a feeling that today is the day for Kate and Will to have their baby - I don't know why, I just feel like it is. And so, in honor of this blessed event and the great Queen Victoria, the monarch for whom Cherries Jubilee was invented by no other than Auguste Escoffier, I am celebrating today with this recipe, and cherries in … [Read more...]
You Can Never Be Too Rich or Too Thin – Wallis Simpson – A Woman Ahead of Her Time, Who Knew?
Wallis Simpson - photo courtesy nnbd.com Wallis Simpson - nutrition maven? While I hesitate to follow up yesterday's post (Banana-Blueberry-Swirl Muffins) with one on healthy eating, I am here to say that I do indeed awake every morning with the best of intentions, nutritionally, that is. And while some days are better than others, I will continue to strive for improvement. Who knew that the old adage "You Can Never Be Too Rich or Too … [Read more...]
Resolve vs Passion = Not Destined to be Thin Anytime Soon – Banana-Blueberry-Swirl Muffins
New Jersey's Finest from the Summit Farmer's Market on Sunday Every day I awake with renewed resolve to get back onto my healthy-eating regimen - the one where I eliminate sugar and grain from my diet............ And then, as my big cup of coffee begins to take affect, my mind starts working. Some days I can direct myself off of the baking thing and focus on great savory dishes - (see below) sans anything "bad". Some days, well that just … [Read more...]
“Green” with Envy – For the Love of Farming
Fresh and very juicy sliced Yellow and White Peaches for my pie last night - they were perfection! Once again - you know I tend to "go on" about a few issues in this blog. Sometimes I wonder if it weren't just a little dangerous to put this vehicle in the hands of someone like me - to have this outlet for saying a whole bunch of things that I'm feeling. But, oh well, this must be what it felt like back in colonial times when the free … [Read more...]
Garden State Rural Beauty – is in the Eye of the Beholder
Visiting with these bovine beauties this week re-awakened so many memories By now you know it doesn't take much to get me going about the subjects I am passionate about. Some of my readers may think I am even slightly rabid. However, I am willing to gamble that the loss of so much of New Jersey's rural character over the last 50 years is one of those subjects that bothers at least a few others. A couple of events recently got me really … [Read more...]
Mid-Summer Whimsy – Phlox, Deer and Butterfly Chasing
Ok, so George says butterfly "chasers" are old, white-haired, wear funny hats and run around with nets....... Do I care about this image? Um, No! Not, when I can get these: Ok, so I had a little fun with the iphone camera in the yard yesterday afternoon. In the morning it was the wild raspberries (iphone and 35mm). In the afternoon, butterflies. Early am, after driving Ryan to the train, it was … [Read more...]
Some Days Life Gives You Lemons, Some Nicer Days it’s Wild Raspberries
more photos from the yard: Sometimes life gives you lemons and we all know we are supposed to make Lemonade. I, frankly, am fine with lemons as long as they are in the context of all you can do with them in the kitchen. Sometimes life gives you extra special little surprises - right outside you very own door. Yesterday I was out doing a little roaming around and couldn't help but take the camera to these amazingly … [Read more...]
First and Foremost, When It Comes To Summer, I am “Fruit Forward”
Hands Down, my favorite picture of the Summer - of Santa Rosa Plums - courtesy Frog Hollow Farm in Brentwood Calif. - hoping to visit there in September I love listening to people talking about wine. Even though it's all a little overwhelming to me, the phraseology they use - evoking flavors, tanins, fruits other than grapes, woods, smoke, etc. --- is intriguing and draws me in. And then there are the rituals of swirling, resting and … [Read more...]
Under My Skin
Ufizzi (image courtesy VirtualUfizzi.com) Perhaps it is the book, recommended to me by a friend after I returned from Taormina, and which I just finished, Elizabeth Street - a story based in history, of a Hoboken, NJ family which emigrated from near Naples in the early 20th century, as did many of our ancestors. I could not read it quickly - I needed to read it slowly...... Perhaps it is that sensation that occurs each year following … [Read more...]
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