This is one of my favorite times of year… The season that straddles spring and summer, when the days are long and warm and my lemon tree is bursting with bright yellow ornaments. These sunshiny days simply beg for the clink of ice cubes in a mason jar and the cold sip of a fresh [...]
herbs
Actually, make that two and a half years… Back in September 2010, I rooted a bunch of lemongrass stalks (purchased from the produce aisle) and planted them in the ground. They were given ample sun, weekly watering in the summer, no (or hardly any) watering in the winter, and quickly grew into something that kinda [...]
I can’t get enough of chimichurri. After trying it for the first time in an Argentinian restaurant over a decade ago, I found myself slathering the tangy condiment on nearly everything I ordered, from bread to potatoes, churrasco to empanadas. I started buying my favorite version of it from a local carnicería and for years [...]
Have you harvested your garlic yet? After curing and cleaning off my crop this season, I came across these tiny bulbs of Siciliano artichoke garlic.
Right around this time of year, bundles of garlic scapes abound at farmers’ markets all over, but if you grow hardneck garlic at home, you might notice the same curious tendrils shooting out of your garlic bulbs. The scapes (also called garlic shoots, stems, stalks or spears) are a garden foodie favorite and can be [...]
Remember the homemade chai concentrate I offered up over the holidays? I haven’t made it in months. It’s not because I don’t like it anymore — I can’t get enough of the stuff. But with temperatures hovering in the high 70s lately, it’s just too damn hot to think about making chai. It’s the type [...]
I admit it. The only reason I made Grapefruit-Rosemary Jelly is because after spending a day chopping and supreming and canning a batch of Orange-Grapefruit-Ginger Marmalade, I’d had enough of citrus preserving for a while. I just wanted something simple and quick to go through my last basket of grapefruits from the garden, and this [...]
