I always thought I hated fennel because I am vehemently anti-licorice. And yet every time I saw it in the store I wanted so badly to like it. It’s just so fresh and crunchy and delicious looking. A couple of weeks ago I saw the pile of fennel bulbs in the co-op, with their feathery [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘lemons’
May 28, 2008
Lemon Herb Spritzer
It’s finally beginning to feel like summer around here. Time for refreshing summer drinks. I made this herb infused syrup a few weeks ago, when I came home with pots of herbs on a teaser of a 75 degree spring day. Then the weather turned cold again and the jar of syrup sat in my [...]
April 22, 2008
Lemony Chickpea Salad
Last Saturday I was cleaning up my kitchen when I spotted a jar of dried chickpeas. I absentmindedly threw some in a pot to soak without any kind of plan in mind as to what I would do about them. I sort of forgot about them until Sunday, when I noticed the pot still sitting [...]
April 17, 2008
Preserved Lemons
A few summers ago I had salad at a restaurant in Brooklyn that was topped with a couple of thin slivers of preserved lemon peel. It was the first time I had ever had them and they were delightful. Then this past March I saw a big basket of meyer lemons in the grocery store [...]
March 24, 2008
Citrus Curd Tart
By this time of year I’m always ready to start eating light, fresh tasting things. Before the strawberries and rhubarb come in citrusy desserts are the way to go. I’m a very big fan of lemon meringue pie. I thought about making it for Easter, but when I went looking for a recipe I came [...]
