Cooking
I know it's a cliche but how can I help it? A bowl of cherries is so beautiful it's hard not to get romantic, poetic and downright lyrical about them.
The cherries pictured above are Rainier cherries and are very crisp and sweet. Actually almost 25% sweeter than other cherries. They also cost 3-4 times the price of other cherries. They are expensive because they are fragile and have to be picked and stored with care as they bruise easily. But now is the season and you may find a deal on them like I did at the 4th Ave and Geary Farmers Market. I think I paid $2.50 a pound.
Though cherries date back to 300 BC and a town in Turkey called Cerasus, the Rainier variety has only been around about 45 years. Like the mountain it's named after, it comes from the state of Washington and is a cross between a Bing and a Van cherry, both red sweet varieties. Not surprisingly it is grown only in the Pacific Northwest.
Rainier cherries should be kept in the refrigerator and eaten within a few days of purchase. And eat them out of hand, don't bother cooking or baking them, they are too precious for that. Just eat them and enjoy Summer one delicious bite at a time...
- Julia Child's Clafouti Recipe
Cherries seem like such an American fruit. I guess it's the mythology of George Washington and the cherry tree. And then the idiom "as American as cherry pie". But cherries come from Asia Minor and are named after a Turkish town, Cerasus or the Greek...
- A Very Berry Weekend
Strawberries and cherries (sour and sweet) from the farmer's market this morning and blueberries picked from my blueberry bush. I have plans for those strawberries and sour cherries, but haven't decided on anything yet for the sweet cherries...
- Cherry And Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
Since my sister was making the cake for our birthday celebration last Saturday, I decided I would make some ice cream. I got my ice cream maker a couple of months ago and I love it. Up until now, I had been focusing on making low-fat...
- Cherries On Sfist
Melissa reminded me that I hadn't yet mentioned my latest SFist piece, a short post about the cherries we're seeing everywhere. Her aunt and uncle visited from Michigan, and we met them and Melissa's mom at the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market....
- Shf#10: Oh Honey! Honey-glazed Cherries In A Martini Glass
I really don't have to say it, do I? I mean you KNOW, that Sugar High Friday is here again! And this time, Nic of Baking Sheet has us all going "Oh Honey!" creating the dessert of our dreams centering around the theme of - well, honey of course!...
Cooking
Life's a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Don't take it serious,
Life's too mysterious
You work,
You save,
You worry so
But you can't take your dough
When you go, go, go
Lew Brown
I know it's a cliche but how can I help it? A bowl of cherries is so beautiful it's hard not to get romantic, poetic and downright lyrical about them.
The cherries pictured above are Rainier cherries and are very crisp and sweet. Actually almost 25% sweeter than other cherries. They also cost 3-4 times the price of other cherries. They are expensive because they are fragile and have to be picked and stored with care as they bruise easily. But now is the season and you may find a deal on them like I did at the 4th Ave and Geary Farmers Market. I think I paid $2.50 a pound.
Though cherries date back to 300 BC and a town in Turkey called Cerasus, the Rainier variety has only been around about 45 years. Like the mountain it's named after, it comes from the state of Washington and is a cross between a Bing and a Van cherry, both red sweet varieties. Not surprisingly it is grown only in the Pacific Northwest.
Rainier cherries should be kept in the refrigerator and eaten within a few days of purchase. And eat them out of hand, don't bother cooking or baking them, they are too precious for that. Just eat them and enjoy Summer one delicious bite at a time...
- Julia Child's Clafouti Recipe
Cherries seem like such an American fruit. I guess it's the mythology of George Washington and the cherry tree. And then the idiom "as American as cherry pie". But cherries come from Asia Minor and are named after a Turkish town, Cerasus or the Greek...
- A Very Berry Weekend
Strawberries and cherries (sour and sweet) from the farmer's market this morning and blueberries picked from my blueberry bush. I have plans for those strawberries and sour cherries, but haven't decided on anything yet for the sweet cherries...
- Cherry And Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
Since my sister was making the cake for our birthday celebration last Saturday, I decided I would make some ice cream. I got my ice cream maker a couple of months ago and I love it. Up until now, I had been focusing on making low-fat...
- Cherries On Sfist
Melissa reminded me that I hadn't yet mentioned my latest SFist piece, a short post about the cherries we're seeing everywhere. Her aunt and uncle visited from Michigan, and we met them and Melissa's mom at the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market....
- Shf#10: Oh Honey! Honey-glazed Cherries In A Martini Glass
I really don't have to say it, do I? I mean you KNOW, that Sugar High Friday is here again! And this time, Nic of Baking Sheet has us all going "Oh Honey!" creating the dessert of our dreams centering around the theme of - well, honey of course!...