A weekly fall produce guide to what’s in season right now based on the contents of our CSA share, with CSA and farmer’s market recipes and ideas. This week’s early September inspiration: nectarines and peaches.
Ricotta Toasts with Stone Fruit and Tomatoes
These wonderfully simple ricotta toasts with sliced plums, nectarines, tomatoes, and arugula make for a perfectly of-the-moment summer supper that’s so much more than the sum of its parts.
Grilled Chicken and Peach Salad with Basil Vinaigrette
A colorful, summer-inspired grilled chicken and peach salad, pickled onions, greens, and basil vinaigrette. This post was created in partnership with Farmer Focus.
wide lattice peach pie with tarragon butter
Our family started the holiday weekend with pancakes and a walk along the river. Last night, we went to a cookout. Today, July 4th itself, projects to be gloomy, so we’ll enjoy the sun breaks, get some charcoal, and do our best to grill up a feast. This time of year, dinner mostly serves as a way to get to dessert – I live for seasonal fruit and delight in all the delicious summer possibilities. [Read more…]
peach crumb slab pie
Today is one of those days, one of those posts, where I have too much to say. It’s more than this delicate crumb-topped peach pie can bear, I think. So instead of a more involved tale, I’ll say that I’ve been enjoying the some much-needed peace after a few weeks of freelance craziness. My work life was upended just a bit recently. Right away there was scrambling and a slew of emails; happily, I now have a few exciting projects beginning to take shape. In the meantime, I’ve had some time to recharge. [Read more…]