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Part comfort, part Sunday morning this chicken pot pie flavored with an untraditional tomato based sauce and topped with a tender biscuit topping studded with green olives can be on the table in less than an hour. If you want to serve it for valentines -hello bloody mary valentine!- but don’t have heart shaped cutouts […]
There is nothing quite as perfect as a salsa fresca made with summertime ripe and bountiful tomatoes, fresh tomatoes bursting with flavor and variety, no uniformly red hot house fruit but the variety and zip that only something fresh and local has to offer. Now is the time for this summertime chilaquiles recipe made with […]
Fall Tomato Gravy Perfect for ugly fall tomatoes, still juicy but somewhat neglected, weather-worn, nibbled on the edges. There was a story about gravy. Or at least the beginnings of one, the first line bright and tempting. I was in the garden, culling the tomato crop, contemplating what to do with tiny pumpkins, what to […]
update addendum: fresh herbs and bloody mary mix are a tricky thing- this siracha bloody mary mix is perfect for the first few hours but with time the thyme grows stronger. so either add the thyme just before serving or drink it all just after mixing. Spicy Siracha Bloody Mary Mix with fresh herbs I […]
Avocado and Egg Elevated: Avocado toast with broiled tomatoes and date vinegar Homemade black pepper focaccia and some of the last garden fresh cherry tomatoes lightly brushed with Chardonnay Moroccan Grapeseed Oil and broiled to slightly charred and juicy perfection, served with lush avocado, a crispy egg, and a generous drizzle of Date Balsam Creme […]
Fresh Tomato Salsa or Pico de Gallo A few months ago I realized that even when vine ripened tomatoes were over two dollars a pound it was still cheaper to make my own fresh salsa rather than buy it pre-made. Now that the tomatoes in my garden are coming I don’t even have to do […]
The tomatoes have finally arrived. After seemingly endless weeks of staring at green tomatoes things have finally started to turn. Straight up, on the rocks, I want to put them in everything. These biscuits are tasty on their own and over the top with gravy. I made a sausage gravy with tomatillos and cilantro […]
