This is the only thing I ever ate of my Austrian grandmother’s cooking. Every other Sunday we spent the afternoon at Grandma’s house. At 3 in the afternoon the dining room table, permanently covered with a padded plastic tablecloth, would be set with coffee and Grandma’s apple cake. Then would commence the perpetual discussion of…
Archives for October 2014
Fresh Ginger Carrot Soup
Doylestown Farmers’ Market has such elegant veggies. With my local market already closed for the season and a free Saturday, I decided to check out this central Bucks County market. Haven’t been here in years and what a surprising variety of choices, especially my favorite – vegetables! Autumn vegetables are not only beige roots, like…
Seckel Pear Hazelnut Frangipane Tarts
Found some adorable Seckel pears at the farm market up the road. They’re the only indigenous pear variety here in the North America. It must have been kismet that I found this antique muffin pan just one day previous. You can imagine my delight when the pears fit just so in the pan for the…