Can you guess what’s missing from this photo of the dessert portion of the chilaquiles fiesta we held here yesterday? Yes, I know it’s hard to take your eyes off the exquisite fruit platter assembled by our friend Keith, laden as it is with passion fruit and mangos and prickly pear. And friend Susan’s version […]
When I’m throwing a party and not feeling very rich I often put a potted cheese out for hors d’oeuvres. This is one way to turn an economical slicing cheese into something exotic looking that spreads on a cracker. Potted cheese is simply cheese grated and marinated in beer, then spiked with dried mustard and […]
I’ve been watching the beans swell in the bean patch and calculating when the time might be ripe for a harvest. The moment arrived yesterday with friends coming for dinner. I was amazed to see what a bounty my little plants had provided. These are the Italian Romanette variety, a wide and flat bush bean […]
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