Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Chocolate Zucchini Cake - Many of us are overrun with zucchini in summer. What better way to use up some of the summer squash than to make them into a [...]
Cherry & Apricot Fruit Gratin
Cherry & Apricot Fruit Gratin - Fruit gratins are a wonderful way to use up summer's delicate fruits. Rather than a heavy milk/cream batter that we think of for root [...]
Noshing On Nasturtiums
I love eating flowers. Their vibrancy and delicate petals provide a refreshing treat to the spirit especially on hot summer days. Each flower, like anything else we ingest, will [...]
Stone Fruit Salsa
Drupes or stone fruits come available from late May and early June through the first frosts of September in Idaho. They are easy to identify [...]
Summer Gumbo
Gumbo - Another one of Clara's favorite dishes, gumbo starts showing up in my kitchen when the summer garden starts to explode and well into the cooler fall and winter [...]
Berries In Lavender & Honey
Raspberries are fragile and only available for a short period of time. Their bright, tangy flavors pair beautifully with lavender that blooms at the same [...]
Rhubarb Compote
Rhubarb’s sour flavor is often overly tempered by too much sugar. I prefer to keep it clearer, using either maple syrup or honey and controlling [...]
Clara’s Summer Salsa
It seemed last summer, Clara was determined to make salsa every few days. Which was fine, as we had an abundance of tomatoes, onions and [...]
Minted Pea Soup
Pea soup? Oh, yes! Peas are high in minerals, vitamin C, D, protein and folic acid. And they are simply delicious in bright and lively [...]
Colcannon
Colcannon - This blissfully simple dish is the epitome of Irish comfort food. Though it often only appears around St. Patrick's Day for many, it's a staple at the Irish [...]