Jicama Orange Salad

For more than seven years, I’ve been considered a college graduate. I have been under the impression that my diploma meant the end of homework. But then my hubby signed me up for this baking blog (see Title) and they require homework in exchange for friendship! He said it would be good for me, but [...]

Farmer’s Markets around the area have been open for about a month now. But produce in May is usually on the light side. No peaches or cucumbers yet. Strawberries aren’t quite here. Tomato plants are just starting to flower. Spring produce is all about the color green. Peas are choice right now. The English shell [...]

Edible Seattle is one of my favorite publications. I’m sorry to say I still don’t subscribe. Although, it’s to their benefit because then I pay the higher price for each issue. Recently, I rescued an old copy (last fall) that was melting into the pile on my counter and remembered that there was a recipe [...]

I don’t usually think of meat pies as my thing. I believe I mentioned my aversion in my Shepherd’s Pie post. Just something about the words “meat” and “pie” together. But I am open to change, as some of you no doubt think impossible. One little recipe that is changing my mind came from Food [...]

Fair question. Calcium water is a mixture that helps the Pomona’s pectin gel without the tons of sugar required in conventional pectin brands. It comes in a little packet inside the Pomona’s box. You simply mix the contents of the packet with the required amount of water. It stores in the refrigerator for a number [...]