Quince is my favorite ingredient du jour! As a faithful listener of the market watch with Laura Avery every Saturday morning via Good Food on KCRW with Evan Kleinman – the description of a quince and goat cheese tart really captured my attention. The pastry chef Zoe Nathan described the fairly simple process and you [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Quince Paste, Quince Tart, Quince Syrup
Posted in Edibles-Fruit, Recipe, tagged Farmers Market, good food, laura avery, quince on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Butternut Squash Juggernaut
Posted in Edible-Vegetables, Recipe on November 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I do not usually roast whole butternut squash because it is a battleship of a vegetable. But, since I ended up with several of these fall gems because of a harvesty display on my mantel, I felt somewhat committed. Forget about peeling raw, these babies must be roasted and scooped. So, I got out my [...]
Top Dollar Bean Soup
Posted in Farmers Market, Recipe, tagged Farmers Market, homegrown, orca beans, soups on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, this little piggy went to market…Santa Monica Farmers Market, that is…it was going along just swimmingly, what with the petite dejeuner at Anisette and the good parking spot and all. The produce looked amazing, and I bolted over to the table with the orca beans. As soon as I saw them I knew I [...]
Santa Monica Farmers Market
Posted in Farmers Market, tagged anisette, bad home cooking, Farmers Markets on November 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The best part? Riding up there with a friend, finding a parking spot right on SM at 3rd Street, and breakfast at Anisette! Oh yeah, the veggies looked beautiful too. Anisette looks like it has been there forever, a real French Bistro. Ambiance for days, from the absinthe bottles that line the entire wall behind [...]
