I feel so sorry for my citrus trees. The weather has been so mercurial that they can't tell if it's summer, Fall, or spring. We have had several heat waves at the oddest times, which has spurred fruit to ripen prematurely perhaps, and in doing so, splitting...
Food Articles
Help! I am drowning under Bearss limes!
Our prolific, hard-working, semi-dwarf Bearss lime is loaded with fruit. Many fell to the ground during our hot spell last week. And so, after making gallons of limeade, freezing lime cubes, preserving yellow limes a la marocaine (green ones turn grey from...
Mulhalbiya
In answer to Victoria, a frequent visitor to this blog, I thought I would share the recipe she requested with all of you. Hello Victoria: The last time we corresponded, you were living in Agadir, in the south of Morocco. I hope you have not...
Kitty’s Cooking tips
This is a family favorite: Give your holiday bird a Moroccan twist! Baste your turkey inside and out with preserved lemon pulp. The salty tang of preserved lemons adds a mouth-watering dimension to a celebratory roast, whether turkey, lamb, beef, or chicken. Placing a...
Encore about figs
Back to figs: I already mentioned our prolific fig tree—absolutely LOADED with Long Yellow variety figs the size of tangerines. The tree survived in a pot for a few years before I planted it in the ground, and it has been growing (pun intended) crazy ever since. The...
Preserved Lemon Lovers, read on!
I love the following column written several years ago by Carolyn Jung, then the food editor for the San Jose Mercury News. She now writes the blog www.foodgal.com. Carolyn attended a class of mine in the Bay Area. As I always do, I began by demonstrating how to make...
Preserved limes?
Hello preserved lemons aficionados: I don’t have a book to announce—yet! But I am preserving lemons. Actually, not lemons, but Bearss limes. It occurred to me, as I was gathering the dozens of yellow Bearss (sic) limes that had fallen to the ground around...
Eat, Cook, Link, and Be Merry!!
Encore about figs: I already mentioned our prolific fig tree—absolutely LOADED with Long Yellow variety figs the size of tangerines. The tree survived in a pot for a few years before I planted it in the ground, and it has been growing (pun intended) crazy ever since....
Wild Rice Irene
For The California Farm Cookbook (Pelican Publishing 1994) (link to Amazon.com), I travelled the length and breadth of California, searching out family farmers, and recording their stories. I also solicited their favorite recipes for the fruits and vegetables they...
Gale’s Lemon Squares
Makes about 16 squares From the California Farm Cookbook (Pelican Publishing 1994) (link to Amazon.com), I travelled the length and breadth of California, searching out family farmers, and recording their stories. I also solicited their favorite recipes for the fruits...