Wineberry Crisp
The lure of the Jersey Fresh fruit was just too strong to let me be lazy for very long today. It compelled me to clear off the kitchen counters, unload the dishwasher, re-load it (thereby freeing up...
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Nobody in my house likes tomatoes, including me. Can you believe it? Every year I walk past the heirloom tomatoes at the farmers’ markets and think, “those are beautiful, but it would be pointless...
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The boys and I went to the farm on Saturday, and it turned out it was their opening day. I think we may even have been their first customers. There wasn’t much set out in the shop just yet, but I...
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View ArticleIndividual Fruit Crisps
How many ways can I possibly blog about making a wineberry crisp? By my count, this is the third. (Here are #1 and #2.) What can I say? Every summer we get a bigger harvest (those suckers are invasive,...
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