As summer settles to a close I am holding on tight. I can’t help feeling we have missed something here in the Pacific Northwest. There have been few hot days and far fewer warm evenings. My zucchini plants have yielded only a few small zucchini and even my cherry tomatos […]
Homemade Ice Cream – Past and Present Nothing pulls a thread through summers past and present quite like homemade ice cream. I have fond memories of taking turns providing the muscle for Aunt Hen’s hand-cranked ice cream freezer when I was a child. The homemade ice cream it made was […]
Fresh Off the Plane We arrive at Narita airport around 4:30pm. Once we pass through immigration and customs we head straight for the JR Travel Service Center to trade our Exchange Orders for official Japan Rail Passes. I have done this several times and the process is always seamless. It […]
The rich sweetness of Honey Lavender Roasted Figs provides an exotic counterpoint to creamy goat cheese and crispy crackers in this interesting appetizer.
Around page 75 of Cooking With Curtis Grace, there is a recipe for Zucchini Bread. It makes two lightly spiced, delightfully moist and nutty loaves of quick bread. This is the best Zucchini Bread I have ever tasted and it is probably the only recipe for Zucchini Bread I will ever use.
