There is a cranberry bog down the street from our house – a number of cranberry bogs, in fact – and I do love watching the autumn progression of the bogs turning bright red, followed by a flurry of bog-flooding activity, the farmer and a gaggle of helpers working frantically to harvest them all as… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Fruits
Maple-Roasted Fennel and Pears
Oh, woe is fennel. Not enough people are enamored of her, and as such, not enough people know her charms. Yes, I did just assign a sex to fennel, though, as finocchio in Italian, I guess it’s already been decided that fennel is male. But the curves! Have you seen the curves? We grow fennel… Continue Reading
Roasted Grapes with Saba
Typically, this time of year finds me waxing poetic (like so many of us) about pumpkin. Ah, I really do love me some pumpkin, it’s true. However, this year, I’ve stumbled upon a new autumn produce love, which I find myself eating morning, noon, and night (um, usually on different days, though. I didn’t want… Continue Reading
Peach-Honey Bourbon Sauce
The glassy, refreshing Rhode Island ocean and cloud-free lapis lazuli skies are to blame for the brevity of today’s post. Really, I had intended so much more commentary; commentary about my obvious, and quite wholesome love of peaches, my far less wholesome love of bourbon, the joy of grilling chicken thighs over a charcoal fire,… Continue Reading
A Favorite Holiday Cake: Apple-Cinnamon Cake for Hoarding or Giving
I feel a sense of comfort writing this post. Not like I’m wearing a favorite pair of jeans, for my hips and inherited semi-pro-football-playing-dad’s thighs have never quite been at their most comfortable in jeans, but as though a favorite friend, long missed, has come for a visit. This apple cake has served me well,… Continue Reading