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composta di pesche a modo mio / peach compote my way

[cliccare il link per andare alla versione in italiano] La stagione delle pesche (peach season) is here and my CSA box had some white ones last week and some yellow ones this week, together with other fruit. I am, in fact, a shareholder of a mostly fruit CSA. Neukom Family Farm has a varied production and is particularly known for its organic peaches. Until last year, I had been buying them at the farmers' market, after standing in line and sometimes going away empty handed, because they were sold out. This year, I will get them in my weekly box. My... Read more →

cobbler di fragole / strawberry cobbler

I am not aware of an Italian dessert that resembles cobbler. If any of you is, please let me know. Until then, I will use the original name to describe what I made. It is actually the first time I try my hands at this dessert, which is quite easy to make, its main requirement being (in my opinion) starting with good quality fruit. The inspiration to explore cobbler-making came from two things: ripe, dark orange apriums (apricot and plum hybrids, with apricot dominating1) at our local Co-op, and a recipe for apricot cobbler from Gourmet magazine that seemed just about... Read more →

mela / apple

I am not a breakfast person: when I get up, the first thing I crave is something hot and liquid, which translates into a cup of black tea, followed by another cup of black tea, followed, an hour or so later, by a cup of coffee made using my stovetop coffee maker. It is not until mid-morning that I turn my attention to something solid and that something has been, for more years than I can remember, una mela (an apple). Una mela al giorno leva il medico di torno (an apple a day keeps the doctor away), you may remind... Read more →