Mixed Berry Semifreddo

Mixed Berry Semifreddo

Okay, now I feel guilty. What was I thinking? Posting two recipes in a row that required special equipment. First a food dehydrator, then an ice cream maker. Let’s blame the peaches for being so enticing. As an apology, here is a recipe for a 

What to Do with Less-than-Perfect Peaches: Peach Sorbet

What to Do with Less-than-Perfect Peaches: Peach Sorbet

The other day I posted about fruit leather (aka fruit roll-ups), which is an easy way to use up fruit that’s no longer ready for its close-up. Whether you make it in an oven or dehydrator, the method is embarrassingly easy. Just blend, pour, then 

What to Do with Less-Than-Perfect Peaches – Fruit Leather

What to Do with Less-Than-Perfect Peaches – Fruit Leather

What do you do when you have less-than-perfect peaches squatting on your counter, threatening to dissolve into a mouldy heap before dinner?  I usually peel and eat them on the spot, dripping juice over the sink. Okay, then what do you do with the ten 

Corn with Cilantro-Lime-Chili Butter

Corn with Cilantro-Lime-Chili Butter

This week’s Gastropost challenge was to “recreate or revisit a food experience that will refresh sunny memories of summers past.” With strawberries and peaches already covered, my mind went to corn — a food that leaves me conflicted. In season, corn-on-the-cob means both the height 

Indian Green Beans

Indian Green Beans

I don’t know if there are the Fortex pole beans or the Maxibel French filet beans. I suspect they are a mix. I can’t tell because the vines are so thick the leaves obscure the labels. Plus, I was too busy picking beans to bother 

Peach, Tomato Salad with Bocconcini

Peach, Tomato Salad with Bocconcini

  When a spring frost destroyed much of the tender fruit crops in Ontario, I was afraid I wouldn’t see a local peach this year, let alone one that delivered a true peachy taste. Fortunately, I was wrong. While the size of the crop may 

Baked Zucchini Flowers with Ricotta

Baked Zucchini Flowers with Ricotta

This is a zucchini flower from The Family Plot. While we raised plenty of eyebrows planting the garden, we weren’t sure we could raise so much as a baby carrot. Much to everyone’s surprise, the beans are clawing their way up the poles, the radishes 

Pecan Milanesas with Corn and Blueberry Salsa

Pecan Milanesas with Corn and Blueberry Salsa

Blueberries and corn? Really? Yes. In salsa? Oh my, yes. Make that a big, fat blueberry yes. The photographer in me loves the colour contrast. The eater in me loves the crunchy texture and sweet-sour flavours. Add lime and cilantro to the mix? Oh, I’m 

Strawberry-Rhubarb En Papillote

Strawberry-Rhubarb En Papillote

As if Friday isn’t reason enough to celebrate. Today is the first anniversary of Lynn Ogryzlo’s The Ontario Table, and I’m one of her virtual guests. I’m pretty chuffed to be asked to take part. Not only do I enjoy a party, I like hanging out