Tis the season. Clockwise: strawberries, cherries, blueberries, raspberries, and marionberries, which are a local variety of blackberries.
We hosted a Fourth of July dinner. Now the fireworks are going but Iz is handling it okay. So far.
I'm really tired, so this is it for tonight. Right now I'm kicking back. And I'll finish cleaning up the kitchen before I crawl into bed.
I'm not sure what it is, I mean I know it's a pie, I just don't know its contents.
Glad you like the pictures. She's a very happy little girl. And such a cutie. Unfortunately, we've temporarily run out of them.
However, I've got a few photos of that other guy, and I'll try to get them off to you via your email.
Oh, and yet we got the dilly beans. First jar is down the hatch. Hoping to put some in a salad soon.
If you drive east from Santa Cruz on the California coast you run into garlic country, and Gilroy is the capital of garlic country. Every year they have the Gilroy Garlic Festival where you can have all sorts of wonderful foods with garlic in them. In my close to forty years living in the Bay Area I never got down to the festival and I dont necessarily regret it.
The one thing that has fascinated me is the garlic ice cream. It sounds awful, and maybe it is, but it sounds interesting. There's an ice cream store downtown, Salt And Straw, that does all sorts of interesting flavors, but I'm not sure if they ever have done garlic.
During WWII an embargo prevented Coca Cola from sending its syrup to Nazi Germany, so an enterprising young Nazi created Fanta, made from food waste by-products (apple and whey). After the war regained control of its European factories, as well as any recipes for new drinks. Thus, Fanta.
I've never seen a purple sweet potato pie before. Were these dyed? Did someone mix in berries? What gives? Don't know, but they look delicious.
This weekend a childhood friend of Joan's came down from Seattle to make fruitcakes with Joan. This is friend's daughter. They made a lot of fruitcakes.
This weekend a childhood friend of Joan's came down from Seattle to make fruitcakes with Joan. This is friend's daughter. They made a lot of fruitcakes.
