Puckery, garlicky, spicy pickled asparagus*

I know it’s not exactly Friday today. But in order to bring you this Friday snippet of food fun, I actually had to pickle the asparagus first, which is a weekend job. I accomplished it, as planned, on Saturday. For the purpose of this post, however, let’s pretend it’s Friday and the weekend ...
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Seville oranges, halfway to being marmalade

Bitter. Oh, so bitter. Yet intensely fragrant. A fruit of perfect balance.

That’s the calling card of the Seville orange (Citrus aurantium), also known as the sour orange or bigarade. Its fleeting season, a scant few weeks in the dead of winter, makes this fruit’s appearance at markets a much-anticipated event.

With thick, pockmarked, and highly fragrant skin ...
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Tower of Strawberry-Vanilla Jam

Welcome to Photo Friday.

Over the months I’ve been watching the images in my photo library pile up and thought it a shame that only a select few make it up here in full posts. My shutter finger tends to be more prolific than my keyboard fingers, so Photo Friday will help me share what I’m up to in ...
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