Recipes
Ever tasted edible flowers? Now is the time!
PS: Fast forward to January 2014: A local publisher would like to republish my sweet book on Edible Flowers.I am thrilled. Yes, I did go out this morning and picked the last of my orange blossoms. About 3 cups of petals remained, just enough to make about 1/2 cup of...
A Biblical Feast for Easter or Passover
My new book is finding a niche in a number of stores from Southern California, to Wisconsin, Illinois, New York City, and even, south of the border. For that, I am most grateful You can, of course, always order it on this site, and...
Bitter Orange Salad/Salad d’Oranges Amères
In answer to the e-Newsletter I sent out at the beginning of February, I received this lovely letter from Danielle Avidan, a follower of this website. She was kind enough to contribute this recipe. She writes: “My grandmother used a heavy earthenware...
Happy 2010
As I write, I can hear thunder rumbling in the background. High winds and pelting rain are so unusual in our neck of the woods that we had to take in a roommate, and allow Olive, our scott terrier, to sleep on our bed (normally...
It’s raining limes! (Again)
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...
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...
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...
Bay Area Impressions
I wanted to share the interesting experience I had on my way to the airport for my Bay Area appearances at Le Creuset stores, last Saturday at 5:45 AM—my shuttle was a no-show. Panicked, I called the company several times: they did finally send a driver...
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...