Tag: figs
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Chocolate and Honey Fig Cake
My grandparents have a fig tree near their garden in Switzerland. It is large, impassive to the treasures it holds, entrancing. Its leaves, elegant and waving green, shade little purple parcels of fig. It takes a measure of patience to watch the fruit ripen. When it does, it is perfect: floral, woodsy, dusk-colored and heady.…
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Spiced Whiskey Honey Cake with Whipped Mascarpone
While making lists and going over menu ideas for this year’s Rosh Hashana meals, I was struck by how little relevance was given to the honey cake. Sure, it was on the menu- it’s too traditional to do away with, and there are always a few diehard honey cake fans who would raise a hell…
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Labneh Mousse and Olive Oil Tart with Cardamom Figs
Hi, everyone! Here’s a recipe I wrote up for The Nosher, an awesome, Jewish/Israeli food mashup site I occasionally write for. You can get the full recipe there! For me, summer desserts have to fit a few criteria. First off: they better be worth turning on the oven for. Second: if you don’t need to…
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Black Fruit Galettes
I want to start this post by thanking you all so much for your wonderful responses to the video! I’ll admit I was a teeny tiny bit apprehensive when it went up, unsure if people would like it, but thankfully my apprehensions were unfounded. I am so so happy it was well received! For everyone who asked…
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Six Impossible Things
Here we are! At the crossroads of summer and fall. There is, despite the sadness I feel as I see summer go, something beautiful about this seamless changing of seasons. The days are hot but the nights are cool. Peaches and tomatoes are as abundant as ever, but local apples have taken up residence in…
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Fig, Pear & Frangipane Rye Galette
If there is one thing I appreciate about this in between season, it is the fruits of summer and fall that overlap. In the place of fresh pink watermelons, we have dusky plums, and the juiciest peaches. As the berries slip away, floral sweet figs and small, crisp apples take their place. And as multi-hued…
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Unwritten
Every once in a while, I take a break from photographing and documenting every step of a recipe and simply make whatever I’m in the mood of (sans photos), whether it’s a twist on a classic dish, a variation of a popular recipe, or a compilation of a few things I think would taste good…
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