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Grape alert!! This is the year. Three years of cutting, training and trimming, and I’ve got them right where I want them! It’s the earliest they’ve bloomed so I’m confident we’ll get even ripeness, and controlled sugar c
When you get farm fresh eggs, and a craving for fresh fettuccine, you do something about it. #pasta #cooking #flour #semolina
SoCal never ceases to amaze me with the bounty it can provide, even with minimal rain! Cactus pear lemonade coming up! #cactuspear #drinks #lemon 🍋🌵
It’s that time of year! 🍋🍋🍋Prepping the #limoncello for summer 2023. I let mine go for a year, with a test at 6 months. #lemon
We always try to grow things we can eat! Passion fruit, Cecile M. Brunner roses and hibiscus. #roses #edibleflowers #gardening #garden #cooking #natural #passionfruit #hibiscus
Made @foodandwine saffron rosewater ice cream with cardamom cookies. Increased the cream by half a cup and decreased whole milk by the same to avoid any crystallization. Smooth as silk. Added home grown rose petals for the razzle-dazzle. #icecream #c
And here’s how we start the next generation of pineapples. We decided to try and root some of the pups the mother plant shot off as well. Potentially could have 4 piñas growing at the same time!
We made piña coladas, but we also made pineapple upside down muffins! Sticky sweet, tropical and delicious! #baking #pineapple 🍍🍍🍍
I don’t know what you’re having for breakfast but… 🥩🥩 #steak #breakfast #castiron #garlic
Third generation of the same pineapple. These take about 2 years to grow and have done very well, potted in the back yard! We’ll let this ripen a few days upside down, and then it’s piña colada time! 🍍#pineapple #piñacolada
Fajitas on deck for dinner! What are you havin? #dinner #fajitas
Christmas photo dump. Meatballs, ham, cookies.. all the good stuff. #christmas #christmascookies #christmasfood
When you really love #lactofermented #hotsauce 🌶🌶🌶..you take to the next level. #photoshoot #hotsaucemodel #food #foodporn
Made #chilerelleno for the first time. We thought it was amazing! Pintos with aromatics, avocado, radish and cilantro. #hatchchile with Queso Oaxaca and a California chili sauce. #bonappetit
When the fresnos are right, they’re right. 🌶🌶🌶 Lacto-fermented hot sauce, here we come! Honestly, this stuff is so good we put it on everything. #hotsauce #peppers #cooking #fermentation
Limes! Anyone wanna make a margarita?!