GARDEN RECIPE FOR SPRING: EAT YOUR FLOWERS April showers bring May flowers, right? Though the selections of lovely spring blooms may be limited by a paucity of water and we didn’t really have April showers this year, the nasturtiums running wildly up and down my hill are plentiful and make a simple, peppery salad with…
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Spring Recipe: Feta and Honey
Spring Recipe: Feta and Honey Maybe not so pretty, but such a lovely vehicle for our favorite bee by-product. It might make a bit of a mess in your cooking vessel, but REALLY: so worth it. You could use pita bread, but a rough, edgy cracker with some personality of its own is what you…
Garden Cocktails: Pinky’s Paloma
Garden Cocktails: Pinky’s Paloma Pinky is a fantastic floral designer in Los Angeles (www.larkfarnum.com) and fills her clients’ homes with color from the garden. We like her so much we’ve named a cocktail for her. PINKY’S PALOMA Serves 1 2 oz. blanco tequila 1 1/2 oz freshly squeezed pink grapefruit juice 1 1/2 oz freshly…
Garden Recipes: A Taste of Summer with Pasta Meyer Lemon
Garden Recipes: A Taste of Summer with Pasta Meyer Lemon Citrus fruit has a way of tricking us into thinking a corner of summer is with us in winter. At Eye of the Day every one of our citrus trees are decorated with orange, gold and yellow fruit and I am HAPPY to harvest a…
Garden Cocktails: Meyer Lemon Sidecar
After enjoying Suzi’s recipe for Pasta Meyer Lemon, use any leftover citrus juice to make this delicious cocktail. Garden Cocktails: Meyer Lemon Sidecar 2 oz rye whiskey 1 oz triple sec ½ oz Meyer lemon juice ¼” wide strip Meyer lemon peel Ice for shaking Fill shaker with ice. Combine rye, triple sec and lemon…
Holiday Baked Goods: Cinnamon Breakfast Puffs
The holidays are for eating, drinking and perhaps dreaming and planning for some future Spring garden. On these cold winter mornings, it’s nice to get up early and bake something that will make your house smell like your childhood holiday. CINNAMON BREAKFAST PUFFS 1/3 c. unsalted butter ½ c. sugar 1 large egg, room temperature…
