by jodi ~ September 7, 2009
English lavender in my Aunt Janice’s garden
There’s a magical moment that happens when making lavender limeade. It occurs after you have simmered together water, sugar, lavender blossoms, and lime zest to produce a floral-perfumed simple syrup. It happens after you have sliced a little hill of limes in half and divested them of their pulpy, tangy juice. It happens after ...
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by jodi ~ August 21, 2009
by jodi ~ February 1, 2009
Minted white-bean dip
At the risk of making these two dips — white bean and roasted garlic and its fancy cousin, minted white bean (recipes after the jump) — sound completely unappetizing, I want you to know that I think of them as my “Oh, Crap” recipes.
Let me explain.
Let’s say I’m planning a dinner party and get preoccupied with the main ...
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