It is always fun to see the fruit trees bloom in spring, knowing that the flowers will turn into something so good and healthy to eat. This year I was blessed with an abundance of apples on my tree. Here in Southern California the apple tree of choice (about the only one that does not need cold temperatures to produce) is the Anna Apple.
I’m longing for “soup weather” and falling leaves and apple pie. It’s just been too hot, humid, and rainy this summer, and now the bugs have taken over. Picking about a dozen tomatoes landed me 35 mosquito bites yesterday. You have to make a run for it! The lingering memory of the Tarte Tatin I ate in France a couple years ago has
Is it pizza… is it flatbread…does it matter? Lots of names abound for thin bread either baked on a stone or a grill. It all started when I ran across the name “torta salata” for a dish for my upcoming Italian cooking class. I guess I fell in love with the name. When I actually started investigating, it seemed like more of a quiche,
