Cooking
For Mother's day this year, I decided to give my mother-in-law something different. I usually come over with something chocolatey and rich.
So this time, fresh and light; a Mixed Fruit Tart.
A very short crust, with a delightful-smelling filling (those toasted almonds were divine), topped with preserves and kiwi, blueberries, strawberries, and star fruit.
My MIL loved it!
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Cooking
A Nice Change
For Mother's day this year, I decided to give my mother-in-law something different. I usually come over with something chocolatey and rich.
So this time, fresh and light; a Mixed Fruit Tart.
A very short crust, with a delightful-smelling filling (those toasted almonds were divine), topped with preserves and kiwi, blueberries, strawberries, and star fruit.
My MIL loved it!
- Kiwi Matcha Lime Tea Cake Recipe
I remember when kiwi fruit first started showing up in the market and were a real novelty. It's funny to think they were originally named for their brown exterior, because I now think of kiwi as the vibrant green color of the fruit inside. Back in...
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Page 174 in the old book / page 208 in the new book These are very rich chocolate almond cookies that taste surprisingly light. I thought they were wonderful, but most of the cookie panel was less enthused than I. What I found most interesting and pleasing...
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Paul Simon's Mother and Child Reunion No I would not give you false toast On this strange and mournful day But the mother and child reu-nion Is only a sandwich away, oh, little blogger of mine. I can't for the life of me Remember a sadder day...
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I'm not much of a cranberry person. I'll drink the juice; fine. But I don't eat them. And I don't eat most pies: I have this issue with cooked fruit, or fruit in things. (But give me a peanut butter pie, and I'm there, fork...
- Embracing My Inner Grasshopper
When Clotilde gets produce in her weekly shipment, she becomes (charmingly, of course) an ant and makes jam for the winter months. Melissa and I are grasshoppers. I saw last week that we would be getting strawberries and cherries in our...