Posted in Dessert, Holiday dishes, tagged chocolate, Fourth of July, popping sugar, recipe, strawberries on June 27, 2013| 3 Comments »
Remember Pop Rocks and how fun it was to have a little explosion taking over your tongue?
Molecule-R, which makes molecular gastronomy kits for the “amateur chef” to make edible and unusal delights in your own humble kitchen, has packaged popping sugar in 2.8-ounce canisters. I thought popping sugar would be a great treat for the Fourth of July – fireworks in your mouth!
Posted in Dessert, Holiday dishes, tagged Fourth of July, rhubarb, shortcake recipe, strawberries on June 23, 2013| 5 Comments »
Red, white, and blue shortcakes are a standard Fourth of July treat in our family. Just a simple, warm shortcake topped with red strawberries or raspberries and blueberries with whipped cream. This year I got to dreaming a bit. What if I kicked up the flavors a notch? And that is how candied ginger shortcakes with strawberry rhubarb sauce came to be.
Posted in Dessert, Holiday dishes, tagged blueberries, dessert, food, Fourth of July, recipes, strawberries, trifle on July 1, 2012| Leave a Comment »
My Grandma Ruth’s birthday fell on the Fourth of July and hardly a year went by that she wasn’t presented with a sheet cake made to look like a flag with a blueberry-studded square in the upper left corner and rows of slivered strawberries marching across white frosting. Sometimes the sugary Old Glory was topped with sparklers.
Posted in Eating in season, Sauces, Uncategorized, tagged food, fruit salsa, mango, recipes, strawberries on May 29, 2012| 1 Comment »
The best thing about spring is the arrival of fresh fruit. And while I enjoy a tomato-based salsa I find that fruit salsa is a little more versatile. Now that mangoes and strawberries are both in season, it’s the perfect time to combine them into a topping for chicken or serve them with tortilla chips at a backyard barbeque.
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