Rapturous over Rhubarb

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After a long winter and a cold spring, rhubarb is one of the first fresh foods to poke its cheeky nodes skyward. Happily neglected, rhubarb thrives in the forgotten corners of our gardens and can be reliably anticipated in large quantities every spring at Farmers Markets. With luck though, you’ll have some in your own [...]

Asparagus by Demand

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“Heaven is warm asparagus with Dijon vinaigrette” – VM My Facebook friends are clamouring for this recipe, so by popular demand, here is one of the easiest of easy-bake recipes (OK, you don’t actually bake it…) Take a large saucepan, fill halfway with water and put it on to boil. Trim approximately two bunches of [...]

Spring Things

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It’s wet on the west coast. Cold, too. My peas are up and the beans are starting – but oh my! It’s cold in the garden. I just returned from our home-away-from-home in sunny Scottsdale and it is spring in the desert, too. Different though. Very different. How? Glad you asked. Sunny. Dry. Blue, blue sky. [...]

Asparagus!

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This amazing pic is by Jenn Co-McMillan at Alchemy Photographic Arts. Check out her work on her blog 365 Days of Alchemy   This post is dedicated to Lisa S, for her perseverance, foodiness, and generally being a good sport. She has hounded me (in the good way) for this recipe. I think it is [...]