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Those early girls, they get me every time.
Those sweet young firmed-skinned beauties, blushing with the deepest blood-red fluids
that issue forth from their skin.
Punctuating and protecting a burst of seed and flavors that take me to the early taste of spring entranced with hints of late summer.
Their tasty tentacles embrace my culinary imagination.
Continue reading “An Ode, an Ask and a Recipe for The Early Girl Dry Farmed Tomato”
Summertime…the cucumbers are growing and the tomatoes are high. Your kitchen’s hot and your Cuisinart is hungry, so hush ‘what’s for dinner?’ Gazpacho―it’s your summer ally!
Continue reading “Summertime and the Living is Easy…. It’s Gazpacho Time!”
Summertime…the cucumbers are growing and ripe tomatoes are high.
Your kitchen’s hot and your Cuisinart is hungry,
so hush ‘what’s for dinner?’.
Gazpacho―it’s your summer ally!
I am lucky to live just around the corner from an amazing organic farm in the Soquel Hills that cultivates an auspicious variety of summer fruits and vegetables. The farm is nestled in the rich, loamy valley of the Soquel Creek protected by water on one side and redwoods on another. I visit Everett Family Farm almost every other day and choose from the plethora of garden-fresh organic produce, eggs and flowers (it’s still pay on the honor system). I feel assured that everything that I buy there is truly organic because the farm is certified by CCOF. I drive by many a farm stand that claim to be organic but don’t bother to be certified by a USDA third party certifier. They hope to skip the cost of certification even though the 2014 Farm Bill allows for certification cost share. Well, I simply skip right by those farm-stands and choose the local farmer who is certified organic! Continue reading “Summertime and the Living is Easy…. It’s Gazpacho Time!”