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Eggplant Croquettes

Eggplant—such a funny name for a vegetable!  For me, there is nothing eggy about it.  I suppose I have seen some small white eggplants that are egg-like in shape and indeed that’s where the name came from (the first eggplants Europeans encountered in the 1700s looked like goose eggs), but certainly it did not [...]

Tomato Fest and a Visit to our CSA Farm!

A few weekends ago Graham and I escaped the weird wintry cold of the Berkeley summer and went to check out the farm where our CSA box comes from.   For several months we had been getting notices in our vegetable box about Saturday farm tours and decided the time was right to go [...]

Pimientos de Padrón

I’ve heard it said before that eating pimientos de padrón (or padrón peppers) is like playing a game of Russian roulette—you never know how spicy a pepper is going to be until you take a bite.  Yep, some of these little guys are spicy and some are not.  In my experience most of [...]

Fresh Herb and Cheese Biscuits

Let’s talk about herbs—fresh herbs.  I have mixed feelings when it comes to fresh herbs.  On the one hand, I love them—they can add zest and zip to all sorts of dishes.  On the other hand they kind of scare me.  Sometimes I feel unsure about the quantity of [...]

Spicy Gazpacho

I was lucky enough to have one of my best friends, Lisa, come up to visit and help me celebrate my birthday last weekend.  She and I have been friends since before we could talk and have kept in touch ever since, even though we’ve often been living in different cities [...]

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