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Earlier in the week Heather crafted a Foccacia-style pizza based on a recipe from Cook’s Illustrated. It was delicious, although Heather already noted some portions of the recipe that she would handle differently.

Later in the week we had a Caprese salad crafted from a variety of tomatoes

Filed under: cooking, dining, garden on September 5th, 2008 | No Comments »

A salad of farro, feta, chick peas, and tomatoes & cucumbers from the garden.

Filed under: cooking, dining, garden on August 21st, 2008 | No Comments »

This is the first ‘German Striped’ tomato from our garden.  Heather has declared it the best tomato she has ever had, and I might just agree.  It had the perfect balance of tartness, acidity, and sweetness; and a very fruity flavor.  The taste lingered (in a good way) in my mouth for about a half [...]

Filed under: dining, garden on August 19th, 2008 | No Comments »

Here is where I show off some of the tomatoes from our garden.  We’ve got Blondkopfchen, Green Sausage, Riesentraube, and some standard grape tomatoes in the salad.  Scrambled eggs and rosemary-lavender potatoes complete the meal.

Filed under: cooking, garden on August 16th, 2008 | No Comments »

We came back to several obscene cucumbers (3, weighing about 5 lbs.)  and other ripe veggies.  Heather will turn these into dinner.  That’s 3 cucumbers, 2 Marglobe tomatoes, 1 green sausage tomato, 3 Asian eggplants, and a Bulgarian Carrot hot pepper.

Filed under: garden on July 27th, 2008 | No Comments »

The season’s first tomato. It was delicious.

Filed under: garden on July 25th, 2008 | No Comments »