I have stopped buying plums. No, I’m not sick or mad. I just have another wonderful source of those great late-summer fruit – garden by the house my Mum’s company is in. In the garden you can find five or six different varieties of plums. Small „węgierki”, perfect for jams and big Parisiens, sweet and…
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Jam in a Different Style – (beware: bragging inside)
Recently I was to write a story about preserves. But the story had to be written so, that even men would be keen on reading it. You know, jams and marmelades are more girly/granny/mummy thing. Not a man thing. But as I was making my research I found out a whole new world of preserves….
Peaches vs. Necatrines
Are you a peach person or a nectarine person? I’ve always perceived myself as the latter one. Though I have grown up in a house with garden with 10 or so peach trees of different varieties, they have never been my favourits. Definitely I was more keen on huge plums, golden inside and sweet as…
Welcome, Pear!
First, there are strawberries. After few months of gray days and cold weather, with oranges and last year’s apples I wait for those red little ones as impatiently, as small kids wait for Christmas Eve. In highest point of my fruit desperation I buy those from Argentina or other exotic place, which only look like…
Plum Pie for Autumn-like Summer
Despite it’s not even late August, the weather today is rather October-ish, I must say. 18-something degrees Celsius, no sun at all, gray clouds, even more gray sky and totally gray rain. To survive this weather You need something very sunny and summery and comfy. What You say for simple pie with plums, hint of…
Rainy day – strawberry cake
After few absoltuely summerish days the weather has decided to remind us what the rain is. No sun, just some dark clouds and rain. There are two good things about such a weather thugh. Well, even three. irst – I don’t need to water my plants (my dear daisies, I love You). Second – no…
Lazy Saturday and Rhubarb Buttermilk Cake
Last night we had here a real springtime storm -with thunders and warm rain. So today everything is fresh, more green and happy. Especially my ruccola growing in the window boxes. Maybe it’s because of the weather, but this Saturday seems to be very lazy. Everything seems to go a bit slower and the thing…
How about fruit jewelery?
Those beauties come form one of my favourite blogs: La Prochaine Fois. It’s being run by Cathy – art student from Texas. As You may guess, Cathy’s two big passions are food and art. And here’s a great example of mixing those two. Rings, bracelets and necklaces from the dried fruit were made as an…
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