Listen to Laura's podcast of this food essay by clicking the arrow below: In rural south New Jersey, where I mostly grew up, apple orchards surrounded us with miles of fruitfulness and roadside stands. I remember the openness of the … [Read more...]
The fall and rise of the tomato
Listen to Laura's podcast of this food essay by clicking the arrow below: Summer has certainly been elusive this year, but it’s still summer. Its exuberant harvest is glutting our fields and markets despite the weather’s ups and … [Read more...]
Peanut butter oat cookies
These are very definitely a peanut butter cookie, but they are also a wheat free oatmeal cookie. I experimented with my favourite peanut butter cookie recipe to make some for a friend who can't eat wheat, but can tolerate oats. I discovered that … [Read more...]
Mint sorbet
Phew, it's hotter than something that's really hot. Cambridge reached 100F yesterday, and had the distinction of being the hottest place in the UK, on a day that had its own dubious distinction of being the hottest July day on record. It's a … [Read more...]
In search of the honest apricot
Listen to Laura's podcast of this food essay by clicking the arrow below: I’ll go back to the beginning…. I remember sitting on the backsteps under a punitive August sun, basting a rock, pretending it was a roast. I was three. … [Read more...]
Apricot pie
I've been chasing the honest apricot all my life. (I tell that story here). This pie is part of my apricot story. It started as a story my parents tell, of a journey they’d taken in their younger days to Bryce Canyon in southwestern Utah. They’d … [Read more...]
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