When I lived in Peru, I chose to adapt most pumpkin recipes in order to use sweet potato puree. The American pumpkins hit the grocery stores in mid-October and were highly overpriced. You only ever saw the Americans purchasing them. Most others looked at us like we were nuts asking, “why would you buy a [...]
It is funny how even though certain ingredients are available year round, we really only consider certain times of the year as appropriate to eat them. For example, you just don’t see many turkeys baked just because. Not too many make pumpkin pies in April. We seem to have an idea of when certain ingredients [...]
Yesterday, November started. Yesterday, Thanksgiving began. Turkey, mashed potatoes, yams, rolls, salad, green beans and fall desserts were served, eaten and enjoyed. Normally, I wait like the rest of you to celebrate Thanksgiving until the designated Thursday when it is appropriate to stuff yourself silly on foods you eat once a year. If we enjoy [...]
I have a job here. Use the apples.
The trees are giving an abundance of fruit at my friends’ home and she has put me in charge of baking with all the apples. I am finding myself searching for more and more recipes that use apples. My first apple recipe was a simple apple tart found [...]