Apples have never been my favorite fruit. I always enjoy them once I start eating one but it’s just not something I crave. But an orchard brought bags filled with an assortment of their new varieties to the Greenmarket so I figured I’d try a bag and see if anything floated my boat. The [...]
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Frisée and Apple Salad with Dried Cherries and Walnuts
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Homemade Peach Ice Cream
I thought I’d try to make some peach ice cream to send off both the Jersey peach season which is nearly over and summer which seems to have already left us. I have no ice cream maker and very little experience and I know homemade ice cream can be really bad having eaten what amounted [...]
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Apricot Upside Down Cake
I say I’m not much of a baker but the fruit selection has been so good in New York lately that I’m feeling inspired to at least try a few things. This week I bought a whole bunch of apricots, thinking I’d try to make an apricot upside down cake. Pineapple upside down cake is [...]
Moroccan Preserved Lemons
My wife, Terri mentioned that she missed an Israeli couscous salad that she used to buy from a French deli. She remembered clearly that it contained preserved lemons among other things. I looked them up online and found that I am apparently the last foodie on earth to make my own preserved lemons.
There were slight [...]
Cherry Pie
I should definitely learn to make a great pie crust and I’m sure this pie would be even better if I pitted a couple hundred fresh cherries but I’m a lazy baker. I enjoy the peeling, chopping, slicing, boiling, sauteing and straining that goes into making a great dinner. But when it comes to baking, [...]
Rustic Peach and Blueberry Tart
I went to the Greenmarket that takes place every Sunday in our neighborhood and there was a lot more stuff now that summer is upon us. Lots of snap peas and squash and greens. I wasn’t feeling particularly inspired though and the only thing that really caught my eye was some blueberries and some peaches [...]
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