Chocolate Zucchini Bread is one of the best things we associate with a bumper crop of zucchini. Chocolate and zucchini? Yes, it’s one of summer’s best-kept secrets. You can feed your family zucchini all summer long, as long as there’s chocolate involved. Summer Zucchini Excess Zucchini is one of those garden crops that, if it’s […]
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One-Ingredient Apple Chips
These apple chips have so few ingredients, if they had any fewer ingredients, they would not exist. That’s a back-handed way of saying that there’s only one ingredient in these apple chips: apples. Last weekend, we had a chance to head out to a farm (Riley’s at Los Rios Rancho). We picked a whole bunch […]
Farm-Fresh Blueberry Compote
There’s nothing quite like the taste of fresh blueberry compote. And what makes the best blueberry compote? Why, fresh-picked summer blueberries, of course. In fact, it was a quest for the perfect farm-fresh blueberry – and ultimately, the perfect blueberry compote – that led us to a little farm off the beaten path in New […]
Orange Picking – and Fresh Orange Coleslaw
When it’s January in Southern California, there’s no time for post-holiday blues because it’s time for orange picking! (Side note to friends who don’t live in Southern California: Sorry. This is not meant to rub in the fact that each day it is 72 and sunny here. It’s just a statement of fact. And we’d […]
Sumo Citrus Season Arriving Early This Year
Sumo citrus fans have some good news this year. There will be more Sumos this season, and they will arrive in stores nearly three weeks early this year. Sumo citrus is that addictively sweet jumbo-sized mandarin orange with the distinctive “top knot. It’s on track to launch its season in late January, according to Seth […]
The Cranberry Harvest
The amazing, all-American cranberry is bursting with both nutrition and flavor. It’s also a favorite component of many fall dishes. And if you’ve ever seen a cranberry harvest, you know that there are few fruits that put on such a spectacular and colorful show while being picked. Cranberry History The cranberry harvest generally takes place […]
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