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Jealous that my grapefruit are in SF and I am in Cambridge, I decided to do some infusing anyway with the blood oranges I got at the coop this morning on our way home from the airport. Look at them — totally purple!

One useful thing about going to bakersfield is that i can generally bring back a bag of grapefruit from my brother’s trees. He hates them. But has graciously kept the trees so that my mom and I can harvest them. I managed to eat three before leaving for boston again, but it [...]

These are the olives covered in boiling water:

Jar on the left has brine and extra rosemary on top to keep the olives under water.
Jar on the right is cold water.

Olives in a box of salt:

I’m going to try each of these recipes with my freshly harvested olives:
Brine cured
Brine cured red-ripe or black-ripe olives are Greek-style; brine cured green olives are Sicilian style. The red-ripe olives generally turn a grey green to pink, while the black-ripe ones keep their color, becoming a Kalamata-deep purple. Again, you pick [...]

In my mom’s backyard… I pointed out to her that she has a ton of olives overflowing from the neighbor’s tree… she’d never noticed. But she does harvest their peaches too! Very kind of them to plant their fruit trees next to the fence

I’ve been wanting to go for a while and I hope to make it before Castro dies, but I would have never thought it would also be a reason to go to Bakersfield. My mom suggested everyone come down for Easter, and I’ve been trying to remember the last time I was [...]

Dinner in zagreb at www.masklinilata.hr

We had this wine:

You gotta love a restaurant that sends you a thank note and a recipe!
I posted our menu here. Ok, I think they moved to the head of charts…
Bella  asked if we could go to moto again last night during our layover in Chicago. I hope they remember us…

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Chef Homaro Cantu, Owner Joseph De Vito and [...]

Recipe from David Lebovitz’ Holiday email. I did the 2-loaf pan variety, although i might have baked it a little too long. It wasn’t quite as moist as i thought it would be, but very tasty nonetheless, I think. And the boys at Dodger’s house loved it!
Fresh Ginger Cake
One 9-inch cake; 10 [...]

About 18 dozen (from Ernestine Garavelli Anhalt, from Rose Garavelli)
STUFFA, The Marinade
4lbs boneless bottom round or rump roast
2 toes garlic
8-10 whole cloves
1 bay leaf
1 t. whole black peppercorns
6 whole allspice
1 liter dry italian red wine
1/4 c. butter
4 T. olive oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
Cut beef into 2″ cubes and place in a 2 gallon crock. [...]