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Nectarine & Raspberry Cobbler – My Summertime Memories

August 30, 2010

Few desserts embody summertime for me more than chin-dripping, sweet nectarines combined with plump, slightly tart raspberries slowly baked together under a rustic country-style topping.  Cobblers, crumbles, pies, crisps laden with juicy summer fruit, may the gods help me from eating the whole thing in one sitting. Especially with a dollop of fresh whipped cream or ice cream served alongside.

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Sun Dried Tomatoes in the Sun – Summer Fest

August 24, 2010

Summer Fest is back again and  the theme for this week are tomatoes. To participate, read more about Summer Fest on Away To Garden from Margaret then come join the community!  Catch up on this seasons previous  themes on the bounty of Cukes N Zukes ,  Sweet Corn and Herbs, Beans, Greens and Stonefruits.

 

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20 tomato varieties. 3 didn’t make it.  That was our garden’s initial tomato plantings this spring. Of the 17 remaining there were was one of the paste tomatoes (our San Marzanos) which was grown for one purpose, sun dried tomatoes.

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Nail Shop Eats- Vietnamese Chicken Cabbage Salad Competition

August 22, 2010
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 Delicious Vietnam is a monthly blogging event celebrating the love and diversity of Vietnamese cuisine.  Delicious Vietnam was  founded by Anh of Food Lovers Journey and Hong and Kim of Ravenous Couple.

I’m joining in on this month’s festivities and sharing my Vietnamese Chicken Salad Recipe. If you love Vietnamese food and have a great recipe post to share, please join the community!


My Mother has acquired an unprecedented fan base here on our blog since I started writing about her Nail Shop Eats escapades and she…

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Poached Pluots in Reisling – Summer Fest

August 18, 2010
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Summer Fest is back again and  stone fruits are the theme. To participate, read more about Summer Fest on Away To Garden from Margaret then come join the community!  Catch up on this seasons previous  themes on the bounty of Cukes N Zukes ,  Sweet Corn and Herbs, Beans, Greens.

We love pluots (that delectable plum/apricot cross).  They are a wonderful creation of the Zaiger family which has inundated Farmers’ Markets, fine grocers and backyards everywhere. Flavor Grenades, Dapple Dandys (aka Dinosaur Eggs), Flavor Kings and Queens. They have the light tartness of a plum,…

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Orange Marmalade Cookies with Orange Zest Icing

August 15, 2010
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Rarely does a new cookie recipe make it into our abode’s “must make” repertoire. With our household favorites being so loved (like the chocolate chunk, snickerdoodle w/ Viet cinnamon, and oatmeal rum raisin recipes), a new find has to be pretty damn good to pass up baking an old favorite. These orange marmalade cookies with orange zest icing are pretty damn good.

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Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream – Summer Fest

August 10, 2010
mint chip ice cream

Summer Fest is back again and  the theme for this week is herbs, beans and greens. To participate, read more about Summer Fest on Away To Garden from Margaret then come join the community!  Catch up on this seasons previous  themes on the bounty of Cukes N Zukes and Sweet Corn.

There are few herbs which give the connotation of “fresh” like mint does.  A vibrant, bright, opening of the senses.  As most home gardeners will know, there is hardly only one kind of mint. For culinary use, it is…

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BBQ Chicken & Corn Pizza – Summer Fest

August 3, 2010
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Summer Fest is in full swing and  the theme for this week is corn, lovely sweet corn. To participate, read more about Summer Fest on Away To Garden from Margaret then come join the community!  Catch up on  last week’s theme on the bounty of Cukes N Zukes.

As a kid, I wasn’t particularly picky, but I had my likes and dislikes. We were lucky to grow up in a farming valley and during summertime there were the little farm stands filled with amazing freshly picked fruits and vegetables, not to mention ours and our neighbors’ gardens.  There…

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Citrus Tequila Shrimp Skewers – Good Bite Video

August 3, 2010
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There are few things which declare California summers like grilled shrimp and tequilla. Usually in separate moments, or side by side… Margarita anyone?!  However in an instant of lazy brilliance, we combined the two to form an intoxicating bit of deliciousness.

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Video Tour- Dog’s View of Our Summer Garden 2010

August 1, 2010
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To celebrate the dawn of August and glorious, but sizzling Summer in full swing, we’re taking you on a tour of our Summer Garden.

This tour is from the perspective of our white boxer, Sierra.

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Proscuitto, Sour Cream & Feta Stuffed Cucumbers- Summer Fest

July 27, 2010
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Summer Fest is back for its 3rd year! And we’re happy to be participating again thanks to Margaret Roach and Deb Puchalla, the creators of Summer Fest.

This great annual cross-blog event celebrates the peak harvest season where we all share recipes or growing tips for all our harvest fresh ingredients and produce. Everyone is encouraged to participate  by sharing a recipe or tip each Wednesday’s specific theme the the event ends.

Summer fest is a community celebration of shared cooking and gardening tips. All you have to do is contribute a…

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Strawberry Mojitos – The Berry Bible

July 25, 2010
strawberry mojito cocktail recipe

Every season is a drinking season for us, but Summer is particularly inebriating because, well, it’s hot. But we haven’t experienced the swelling heat like many of our friends on the East Coast. How lucky are we to be in mild So Cal weather? Very lucky, but we’re not bragging. And hey, we have congestion and smog to add to our heat, so there’s always a trade-off with our mild weather!

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Favorite Aged Treasures – Vintage Blue Mason Jars

July 23, 2010
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We were in a Spring cleaning mode this week, not because it was in the Spring air (cause it’s Summer now) but because we had guests coming over. Within a few hours, we quickly spruced up each room back to tidyness , cleaned the rooms and reminded the dogs to be on their best behavior. The cleaning part is always easy but getting the dogs to not embarass us is always left to mother nature. Somewhere, somehow we failed in puppy training and they still manage to get a crotch sniff in. Or two. Or three.

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Ginger Peach Muffins – Good To The Grain Cookbook

July 18, 2010
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This is the time of year we start to inhale stone fruits, but ultimately there comes a time when there are too many to eat off the tree and we’re searching for additional alternatives to eat them. As Summer’s warm love beings to fill up our peaches, plums and nectarines with sweet juice to sink our faces into, nature conveniently decides to let them all ripen and drop at once. We just can’t keep up!

This year we have an added succulent hailstorm of necta-plums to add to our stone fruit bounty, but…

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