Weekends in the Kitchen and Beyond
Summertime means seeing a whole host of fruits that I would generally not see in the stores for the rest of the year. Stone fruits are the ones I look forward to most: peaches, nectarines, apricots, and plums. Yummy, yummy fruits that make their appearance for only a couple of months during the year. And […]
My son has a nice little hobby germinating seeds–usually seeds from tropical fruits we buy at the supermarket. But this year, he had much success focusing on something the whole family can enjoy, tomatoes! Last year, he picked up an interesting book about home-grown tomatoes, which sparked this useful and practical interest. It’s not exactly […]
My mom’s fruit salad that rounded out my parents’ backyard picnics during the hot days of summer has got to be one of my fondest memories from my youth. I remember that my mom got the initial recipe from a pack of recipe cards that were sent to her as a preview for a subscription […]
It’s summer tomato season! This is the time, and honestly the only time, when we can truly enjoy eating fresh, juicy tomatoes. Our lunchtime sandwiches, with a thick tomato slice inside, go from blah to delicious. For dinner, our ritual is to set out a big plate of tomato slices. I like them plain, but […]
Summer is in full swing. That means the litter of foxes that appeared before Spring has dispersed and the baby foxes are out there in the wild on their own without their mommy. By the time summer began, the litter of cubs went from 5-6, to just 3. Sadly, we found some bones of one […]