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Paper Chef #9
It’s time for another Paper Chef, hosted by Tomatilla. I’ve only taken part in one other one but with swim team season finally over (for a few weeks at least), I decided to join in this time. The required ingredients were peaches, dried, chiles, edible flowers, and “something local.” My first thought was a salsa…
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Sauteed Summer Vegetables
When the garden is abundant (or if you’ve just been overtaken with greed at the largess at your local farmer’s market), here’s an easy and delicious way to quickly cook up a variety of vegetables. I’ve done this with various combinations of different summer squash, tomatoes, onions, garlic, red pepper–and probably more I’m not remembering.…
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A Bit of Local Press
A bit of local press for me, the web site, and Digital Dish from the Pleasanton Weekly. The reporter attended the book-signing last week and they came out and snapped a few pictures earlier this week. You can’t see the pictures online of me chopping tomatoes for bruschetta but suffice it to say it came…
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The Cook Next Door – Meme
Tagged by Karen over at The Pilgrim’s Pots and Pans for this food blog meme–my first ever and I’m very late. What is your first memory of baking/cooking on your own? Probably baking chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. Like my own kids are now, I was much more interested in sweets so would bake cakes, cookies,…
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Pasta with Fresh Tomato Sauce
I absolutely love this time of the year, when I can wander into the garden and gather food for the next meal. Tomatoes are the star of my garden this year. I got lazy and didn’t plant any experimental crops, although I did try some new varieties of tomatoes. I’ve got Beefsteak, Abe Lincoln, Early…