From our house, the sun used to rise out of the ocean, until all the trees down by the beach grew. Where it rises swings back and forth along the horizon like a slow pendulum as the year progresses. It pauses at the extreme south-eastern point of its swing in mid-summer, then reverses direction and…
Tag: homegrown produce
Purple cauliflower, tahini dressing
In this flavourful winter salad, I experimented with keeping the purple pigments intact. If you boil a purple cauliflower it will turn bright green. I read that cooking without water, instead tossing in olive oil and gently sautéing or roasting, will keep the purple pigments from leeching out. It kind of worked. The cauli wasn’t…
food ripe from my garden 