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Fruit

Market to Table: Strawberry Layer Cake

May 17, 2010

On Sunday evening, at around 5:13 pm, I had a frosting related nervous breakdown.  This breakdown involved near tears, a wayward icing knife and a big ol’ mixing bowl of butter cream.  How did I come to such a lowly state? Let’s start from the beginning (times are an approximation…it was all a haze):

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Pumpkin Shortbread Cookies

October 5, 2009

This is the start of my favorite time of year.  From October through Christmas, I’m that giddy, goofy annoyingly cheerful person everyone hates (I guess I should apologize upfront for all the merriment and good cheer that will be unleashed…mostly to the Boy since he has to live with me).  While I enjoy Spring too [...]

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Preserving Summer’s Bounty: Blueberries

July 31, 2009

I was talking to an employee at Garner’s Produce on Saturday and he said this would probably be the last week for blueberries coming up.  I knew that meant it was time for me to figure out how to preserve a bunch of berries for the Winter, but wasn’t sure how to do it exactly.  [...]

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Peach Vanilla Bean Jam

July 30, 2009

I’ve got a bit of a confession…when strawberries were still in season I tried making strawberry jam.  So why didn’t you see a Strawberry Jam post, you might be wondering right now.  Notice the word “tried” in that first sentence?  That would be why.

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Market Week: Blueberry Pie

July 13, 2009

There is something almost therapeutic about making a pie…the kneading of the dough, rolling it out and shaping it into the pie pan.  It all can be so calming to me…like Ritalin but without the nasty side effects.   I’ve never been too good at making pies though.  The crust either ends up tasting hard [...]

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