Our great neighbors, Lauren Lombardi and Steve Carlini, invited us over the other week. It was a little get-together for another family moving away. We sat on their big, comfy back porch while Lauren and Steve grilled up mouthwatering pizzas. Lauren has developed some really interesting taste combinations. The porch is covered and it...
The good news about figs is that they’re no longer misunderstood. Back in the day, they’d appear as dried rings in in the supermarket fruit department. But take a taste and what a lovely surprise you’d find; even with the challenge of biting through the tough outer skin. Over the last ten years we...
The tastes of fall overflow with apples, pumpkins and squash. Why is it that pears, somehow, tend to become an afterthought? We seen some Anjou beauties this fall, with a lot more red on the skin and chock full of lush sweetness. It’s such a pleasure to slice open a ripe, room temperature pear...
