At the farmer’s market on Sunday, Cauli and I bought some sausages from Fabrique Delices, a traditional French charcuterie located in Hayward. We bought a rabbit with prunes and wild boar with apples. Without much of a plan, we cooked the rabbit sausage up Sunday night. The Sausage Man imparted some Sausage Wisdom to us when we [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Pasta with Rabbit and Prune Sausage
Posted in Local, pasta, sausage on August 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Emergency Brownies
Posted in dessert, recipes on August 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
For dessert the other night, I’d had the perfect plan: blackberry ice cream. The berries were from the farmer’s market and the ice cream maker was courtesy of a guest at our wedding. I let the berries mingle with some lemon juice and sugar to release their juices. I whisked up milk, sugar, and cream, [...]
Sunday Farmer’s Market
Posted in farmer's market on August 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ugly beauties Pickle line Four dollar flowers Wild sage olive oil Purple peppers Pastries
Local Dinner: Fried Squash Blossoms over Salad
Posted in Local, squash, vegetarian on August 3, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Wednesday night Heather and Dianne came over for a local homemade dinner. I agonized about the menu for about a week, and finally decided on sauteed stuffed squash blossoms over a simple salad. Like clafoutis, squash blossoms seem to be making their rounds this summer. And like clafoutis, they are surprising and delicious. There are many [...]
Sunday Night Pizza
Posted in Local, pizza on August 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Quick pizzas are a favorite of Cauli’s and mine. I have yet make my own crust, as making bread of any sort is somewhat scary to me (besides quick bread – quick, see?). I should really just take the plunge as there are a lot of seemingly easy and delicious recipes out there for making [...]
