Food + Drink

Easy Summer Peach and Brie Upside Down Tarts

As summer ends there is still time to celebrate the last of the summer peaches with one of the simplest fruit tarts you can make at home. Don’t despair because if you can’t find summer peaches there are still plenty of stone fruits available this time of year plums, nectarines, and apricots, all are perfect

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Dirt to Table Experiences

Summer Tomato Bruschetta

  Good food is very often, even most often, simple food. ~Anthony Bourdain   This summer tomato bruschetta recipe is about simplicity. A few quality seasonal ingredients, fresh summer tomatoes, a good splash of olive oil, fresh garlic, a small handful of chopped parsley, a few grinds of salt and pepper, and good crusty bread

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Dirt to Table Experiences

Farm Fresh Cucumber Salad

Summer temps are climbing. We are averaging close to 100 degrees each day, with 100% humidity. I am not complaining too loud, we could be landlocked in Texas or Arizona with soaring temperatures approaching 115-120 degrees daily. The summer growing season has ended here in north Florida except for the heat loving eggplants, okra, and

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Food + Drink

Scallops with Citrus Ginger Sauce

Citrus is abundant this time of year, and readily available. A quick drive through neighborhoods and trees are laden down with fruit. We joke if you pay for your citrus this time of year, you must not have any friends (laugh). So, it’s no surprise we look for ways to use fresh citrus to make

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Cocktails

Bloodied Knees Cocktail

People like me who live in sunshine year-round often find the idea of snow and cold weather dreamy. At least until they spend real time experiencing snow, ice, and freezing temperatures.  This last journey to the north during winter has cured me of my romanticism. Give me sunshine and humidity. I will deal with tropical

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Food + Drink

Sunday Supper: Eggplant Dumplings Parmigiana

The growing season comes to an end and late summer vegetables like eggplant, squashes and peppers are growing weaker on the vine here in North Florida. This is the grand finale. Typically, I feel motivated to put the bounty of late season eggplants to good use by making an Eggplant Parmigiana. I make a pretty

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