Summer Fest

Summer Fest Week 3 – Zucchini Soup

August 11, 2009

Zucchini is one of those innocuous vegetables that doesn’t really stand out. Sure, the small ones can be tender, but the large ones tend to get spongy. Because of the high moisture content and neutral taste —and it’s debatable zucchini actually has a taste — it’s grated into cakes, mixed into pasta sauces and even [...]

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Summer Fest and Peach Freezer Jam Recipe

August 4, 2009

To celebrate Summer Fest, a four-week cross-blog celebration, Stephanie Stiavetti and I are swapping posts for the day. This week Summer Fest is all over fruit, and Stephanie and I selected peaches. I have always maintained raspberry is my favourite fruit, but a damned good peach is enough to make a liar out of me. [...]

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Cilantro and Summer Fest

July 30, 2009

Seems it’s the social season for blogs. Yesterday I was stacking eggplant for a virtual potluck, and today I’m arriving fashionably late for Summer Fest, a four-week celebration of the bounty where bloggers share their tips, tricks and recipes about fresh-from-the-garden foods. I found out about this thanks to Julie Van Rosendaal, cookbook author and [...]

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