An herb garden filled with parsley is the perfect complement to both basil and butterflies. Fresh from the garden, parsley blended with basil makes a delicious Pesto Sauce. If you plant enough you can also gladly share your parsley with handsome caterpillars that will soon become Swallowtail Butterflies.
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Between Meals in Oxford, MS – Rowan Oak
It looks better in the pictures, even my pictures, than it does in reality. Rowan Oak, the home of William Faulkner, is a charming old property but it is not the elegant southern mansion imagined by many. Instead Rowan Oak remains a bit rough around the edges and feels more like an ample old […]
Fig Salad Dressed in Honey and Balsamic Vinegar
Serve figs that are just shy of perfect ripeness in a composed salad with spring greens and goat cheese. Drizzled with a honey and balsamic dressing, then topped with candied pecans, this salad is a beautiful way to enjoy the exquisite flavor of these exotic gems.
Roasted Cauliflower Medley with Dukkah
Oven roasting is one of my favorite ways to cook vegetables, especially cauliflower. Oven roasting seems to release flavor elements that remain hidden when vegetables are cooked on the stove top or in the microwave. Cauliflower browns and is infused with a nutty sweetness and depth making it, perhaps, my favorite roasted vegetable. Onions and shallots […]
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The look and feel of the shop was everything I aspire to in my own kitchen; organized while being generous, interesting yet at the same time useful, efficient but full of texture and fragrance.