We harvested a big, beautiful bouquet of chard leaves from the garden last weekend, along with a handful of tomatoes from my Early Girl plant. I turned this early spring harvest into a delightful lunch, …
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Recipe: Garlicky Chard with Tomatoes
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Recipe: Green Detox Smoothie
I’ve been traveling for work a lot recently (with more to come next week!), which means I have been eating truly terrible airport restaurant food and a lot of road-trip snacks. I got back late …
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Recipe: Strawberry Lemon Marmalade
I mentioned earlier that life has given me more lemons, as my boss’s tree has been in harvest-mode and you know I can’t resist beautiful produce, especially if it’s free for the taking. After bringing …
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Recipe: Sourdough Levain Flatbread
We, like many other foodies out there, have fallen down the sourdough rabbit hole. We have been baking a loaf pretty consistently every other weekend or so, and have been religiously feeding our starter, Sebastian, …
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Recipe: Pickled Peck of Peppers
My jalapeno plant (or, as we affectionately refer to it as, my jalapeno bush) has been quietly cranking out another large round of peppers throughout the winter. Surviving the winter nights, it’s been working away …
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Citrus Haul 2019!
I just wanted to jump on to show off my citrus harvest for this year! I’m super proud of my little trees for producing their biggest amount of fruit yet! We harvested 15 Meyer lemons, …
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11.10.19 Garden Update
We did a lot of work in our Santa Barbara garden today, and I wanted to share the updates along with some pictures. We’re new to the fall/winter gardening in California, so we’re always open …
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My Lemons are Ripening!
Citrus season is one of the reasons why I love winter in California so much. The first mandarins appeared at the market last weekend, and the oranges on the citrus groves that surround Bakersfield are …
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Weekend Project: Thai Chili Paste
I’ll be honest, I’m not a big hot sauce fan. I don’t like overly spicy things, I don’t love the flavor of peppers in general, and I have a pretty low spice tolerance. Despite this, …
Claire Aucella 