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Espresso Panna Cotta

By Adri | Filed in Dessert, Musings, Recipes

The French have Creme Brulée.  The Italians have Panna Cotta.  Creme Brulee is thickened with eggs.  Panna cotta is thickened with gelatin.  Both are creamy.  Both are delicious.  Today’s post is Italy’s answer to the French.  And I think it is a great answer. … Panna Cotta can be made with lots of different dairy [… Read More]

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Gold Medal Tomato

By Adri | Filed in Exploring Tomatoes, Garden, Musings

Another in the ongoing series – Exploring Tomatoes     No wonder they call it Gold Medal!  Full, sweet flavor, low acid and almost two pounds, these yellow and red bi-color beauties sport a classic multi-lobed heirloom look.   If you can find some of these, try one. You will not be disappointed. I have no [… Read More]

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Ananas Noire Tomato

By Adri | Filed in Exploring Tomatoes, Garden, Musings

Another in the ongoing series – Exploring Tomatoes     Green, purple orange and yellow all at the same time.  Meet Ananas Noire, or as Bart calls it “the Anais Nin tomato”.  WOW!! Another great find from Tomatomania.  It was marked Ananas Nir, but it was not until I googled it last week that I [… Read More]

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Sungold Tomato

By Adri | Filed in Exploring Tomatoes, Garden, Musings

The first in an ongoing series – Exploring Tomatoes     WOW!! What a tomato!  Introduced by Thompson and Morgan seed growers in 1992, Sungold is new to me this year.  While at Tomatomania some home gardeners were extolling the plant’s virtues, and am I ever glad I was there to listen in.  “You won’t [… Read More]

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Iced Hibiscus Tea

By Adri | Filed in Beverages, Musings, Recipes

Hot summer days call for a refreshing libation, something not too sweet with a whisper of tart.  If you are looking beyond iced tea and lemonade, try hibiscus tea.  Called flor de jamaica in Latin America and karkade in Egypt, it is perfect on a hot afternoon. The tea, made from the calyces of the [… Read More]

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