Spring finds Southern Arizona desert communities deep in citrus of all kinds. Our grapefruit tree died but I never lack for grapefruit because there are so many productive trees in Tucson owned by people who either don’t like grapefruit or have way more than they can use. This recipe also uses poppy seeds that I … Continue reading Grapefruit and Poppy Seeds: Cooking from Neighborhood Abundance
This is citrus season in the desert Southwest. All varieties of citrus can be found on trees in backyards, orchards, public gardens, college campuses and even street sides. It is a wonderful abundance. It’s Carolyn today and previously on Savor the Southwest, we’ve given you recipes for grapefruits, oranges and lemons (try this fabulous lemon pie … Continue reading Seville Whole Orange Cupcakes
Ideas for curry are in the air…On an adventurous (pre-Covid19) tour of Morocco last February 2020, as fellow travelers, we befriended a remarkable character, Kip Bergstrom, an enthusiastic foodie who seeks out the absolute “right source” for his gourmet dishes. Diving headlong into Moroccan lamb, he found a local, caring sheep farm (for him Connecticut) … Continue reading Curry Toppings with a SW Flair
Tia Marta here to share an easy and festive recipe my Great Aunt Rina used to make for the holidays when I was young–Citrus-Rind Candy. With a combination of grapefruit, tangerine and orange–rare and special in early 1900s New England–she made sweet confections. Now, in the Sonoran Desert where a diversity of citrus abounds thanks … Continue reading Holiday Citrus Treats and Zoom Invite
It’s Carolyn Niethammer here today to share my favorite recipe for citrus marmalade. It comes from an early version of The Joy of Cooking that I received as a gift in 1965. The most recent Joy of Cooking doesn’t even have an entry for jams though I hear there is a resurgence of interest in … Continue reading Citrus Season is Time for Marmalade
I It’s high citrus season in the desert Southwest. Oranges and grapefruits and lemons, oh my! Many people in Tucson have trees that produce so abundantly that they can’t use it all and even have trouble giving it all away. (Witness bags of grapefruits in break rooms all over town). There’s an answer to finding … Continue reading Refugees Glean Citrus Abundance
Happy March everyone! Savor Sister Linda with you today in the Old Pueblo writing to you under a gorgeous full moon! I woke up yesterday thinking about mandalas. Don’t ask me why; these things have a way of arising unbidden. As I was preparing breakfast, I thought it might be fun to “peer into” the … Continue reading Mandala Meal-itos
(Above: bees on water collecting duty; these workers will return to their hive where the water droplets will be distributed in strategic locations, then fanned/evaporated to keep the hive cool) Aunt Linda here. It is early July in the Sonoran Desert, and triple digits temperatures have been the norm for weeks now. All creatures, … Continue reading Evaporative Cooling and the Hive Recipe: THE HIVE TOOL : A Cooling Cocktail for the Overheated Beekeeper
Hello, this is Amy Valdés Schwem, and I’m honored to be here with such esteemed plant and cooking women! I love harvesting wild greens, but my day job is making mole as Mano Y Metate. Today I’m going to make enchiladas made with Mole Dulce and fill them with wild greens and summer squash. It … Continue reading Wild Greens and Mole Enchiladas
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