Browsing Tag

fall

  • spice season.

    It’s the time of year for mulling spices. If you don’t have them in your cupboard today, you might decide to get them there tomorrow. Cinnamon and cardamom, dried orange peel and allspice, star…

    October 16, 2012 6 Comments
  • a season for apples.

    Yesterday was one of those blustery days that requires a little more than the usual sweatshirt to feel cozy. Mid-morning, we turned on the oven to bake apples and to keep the chill out.…

    October 8, 2012 12 Comments
  • late september.

    Fall comes quietly to the city. You have to be a keen observer of things to catch its beginnings. In the country the season makes a more obvious splash. Here, the tops of trees…

    September 25, 2012 15 Comments
  • plum & nectarine crostata with tarragon.

    it’s my sincere hope that many of you are out and about and otherwise not glued to your computer screens today. that being said, in the case that you are here in blogland, here’s…

    September 3, 2012 10 Comments