Easy, delicious, and endlessly adaptable, a flaugnarde is one of my favorite simple summer desserts. Don’t worry if the name sounds intimidating. The custard, as easy as making a dutch…
This was not going to be a post about sorbet. This post was going to contain cake, or a salad, or some sort of fritter with corn and summer squash.…
In all honesty, the idea of tzimmes has never much appealed to me. I say idea and not dish because I am pretty sure I have never actually tasted it-…
A few days ago, I spotted a box of plums for $5 at the grocery store. They were dusty, bruised and a little unripe. I took them home. Once home,…
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.…
I don’t want to think about it being late August, or August at all. I don’t want to think about summer ending and taking with it its bounty of everything…
This Sunday, we took a trip upstate to pick some fresh fruits and vegetables at Ochs Orchard. The orchard was around an hour away, and the route there was scenic…
The best thing about late summer, besides for the slowly cooling nights and star-filled skies, is the stone fruit. The apricots, the peaches, the plums. They become softer, and more…
