How to do summer, in 19 easy steps: 1) Chill the Vinho Verde. 2) Pack the kids off to grandma’s, or distract them with a movie, in a darkened room. 3) Head out to the garden. Stop to smell the roses. Get distracted by the hammock. Lie down, for just a minute. 4) Take a [...]
It’s far too cold in Los Angeles this week to even think of having a picnic, or eating a salad. We’ve had rain and fog and nighttime temperatures in the 40′s. I’ve been digging out my thick sweaters and my boots and thinking of building a fire in the fireplace. It’s MAY, people! I live [...]
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I was very sad to have missed the summer jam season this year. With all the craziness around buying the house and moving, I never got around to putting up plum jam, or strawberry balsamic, or peach and basil, and my stash from last year is getting dangerously low. Fortunately, I still have a few seasonal fruit tricks up my sleeve. Like this pear jam with vanilla beans, which will make your heart swell with domestic pride and impress anyone you care to give it to.
