Tag: strawberries

CSA week 3: spring is definitely here

I just picked up my CSA distribution for week 3. You can see that there is more in the box every week – this means that I need to spend time every Tuesday thinking about how I’ll use the bounty. This week’s box contained tender young lettuce and edible nasturtium petals, basil, oregano, kohlrabi, daikon radish, 2 heads […]

3-yolk Sponge Cake

After making today’s pavlovas – and I used 6 egg whites for those – I had 6 egg yolks to use. This little cake is a winner! The 3-yolk version makes a dainty little cake about 6-inches in diameter. This recipe may be doubled, in which case use a standard […]

Strawberry/Lemon Butter

More berries! More, more, more … and then what do you do with them? I wanted to make something a little different this time, a smooth strawberry spread, almost the texture of apple butter. Something bright and perky, and absolutely wonderful. Something in a very small batch. Yield: 3 half-pint […]

Learn to make Strawberry Jam

This year, I’m offering a small class on old-fashioned no-pectin-added Strawberry Jam. I make jam the traditional way, in small batches, and put it up in glass jars sealed in a waterbath. If you are interested in a such a class in Oakland County Michigan, do send a reply ASAP, […]