Lisa on September 7th, 2011

It’s officially fall: the pears are falling off of the trees. (Especially when you have gusting winds like we’ve been having lately.) One of my friends has so many pears lying on the ground underneath her tree that she keeps giving me more and more — she can’t bear to see any wasted. Wish I [...]

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Lisa on April 9th, 2010

For the lactose-inclined, cheese makes darned near anything tastier.  (How much you wanna bet ricotta cheese would be great in ice cream?)  Chestnuts are no exception.  In fact, since they’re far more starchy than any other nut, they have a lot in common with potatoes.  And what do many consider to be the ideal tater [...]

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Lisa on February 22nd, 2010

Chestnuts roasting over an open fire used to be pretty popular in the States, but that was before chestnut trees that had been imported from Asia caused the American stocks to fall prey to a nasty fungus.  By the 1940s, chestnut trees were very few and far between. Roasted chestnuts remain popular in other countries, [...]

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