The first time I heard the term ‘shrub’ I thought the person was talking about vegetation. When talking about food and drink though, it turns out a shrub is an old method of preserving fruit juice. Mix fruit, sugar and vinegar for a syrupy concentrate you can mix with water. They remind me a lot [...]
Archive for the ‘Seasonal’ Category
Raspberry shrub
Posted in Booze, Seasonal on August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Fall Guy
Posted in Seasonal, Vegetables on September 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It is starting to feel a lot like fall around here. Temperatures in the mornings and evenings are much cooler and my mailbox has been packed with cooking magazines whose pages are loaded with recipes for soups, stews and Thanksgiving. Every year though, there is one event that really signals summer is over to me: [...]
Proof a poached egg improves everything
Posted in Eggs, Seasonal, Vegetables on June 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have a love/hate relationship with asparagus. I love it when someone else cooks it, but hate it whenever I cook it. A few weeks ago though, I heard about an asparagus preparation that just might prove successful if I tried it at home. We had hot, summer-like weather in Seattle for the last week [...]
Berry of the Month – May
Posted in Foraging, Fruit, Seasonal on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the summer, it is easy for me to track time based on which berry is available. I thought this would be a fun monthly blog feature – a berry of the month club, if you will. I made it in just under the wire for May, but on Sunday I thankfully had time to [...]
