Fruit trees are the nicest places to take naps. Something about knowing that while you are there relaxing, the growing work continues. Plus the quality of shade is gentle and sublime. Several types of trees pictured: quince, plum, apple- all casting nap-able shade.
quince is ripening so fall is coming
Part of every summer should be spent on a farm. I did for the last 2 weeks in Big Sur. Inspiring. Gardening gives a definite and immediate sense of place.
just out of the ground they were literally glowing that pink red color- used a little flash to emphasize that color
If you have ever worked in a kitchen then you will know what this is.
From the garden. Beautiful. I see a summer potato salad in my future.
Pink salted eggs from the fantastic San Rafael Asian market and fresh crab being cooked at Gospel Flat Farms. Captured on the iphone.
Photographs from Lamu, Kenya appear in the spring issue of this wonderful culinary magazine of food and culture. < look for the egg on the cover.>
I have more work from Kenya and the Swahili coast on my web site.
.. when its a barbie doll? The winner in the 4H cake decorating entry in Western Weekend, here in Point Reyes, CA.
Granada, Andalucia, Spain. Winter.
I’d like to live in Spain for a year. I’d start in Granada, exploring the southern mountain areas, feeling the winds from Africa. Travel north and west to olive groves, further west to Cadiz soaking up its grand and dilapadated history and then for the late summer months, Barcelona and the Dalian Cap de Creus. Food would be a big part of this adventure. May even sail over to Ibiza or Canary Islands while I’m there, just to get the full range of cuisine.
The ancient city of Granada in Spain was renamed after the fruit during the Moorish period. Pomegranate motifs are everywhere .
My neighbor is an excellent horsewoman and she sometimes trains the horses of the rich and famous. I had the good fortune of joining her on a trip up to St.Helena, to her client at a private winery. In this delightful Shangri-la, I wiled away the afternoon roaming around the estate, while the horsewomen rode out. Naturally I gravitated to the kitchen area. These mysterious jars crowded into a dark corner, a small collection of limoncello in the making. Turns out the owner has a penchant for it. I hear it puckers the cheeks and gives a mean hangover.
Here is what wikepia says about it: Limoncello (or lemoncello): is an Italian lemon liqueur mainly produced in Southern Italy, mainly in the region around the Gulf of Naples, the Sorrentine Peninsula and the coast of Amalfi. Traditionally, it is made from the Sorrento lemon, though most lemons will produce satisfactory limoncello.
I love London for its hot pastries, museums, the Thames and all the bridges over it, its architecture and narrow streets, and little surprises in corner deli’s like this one where i had a delicious sausage roll and a welcome break from walking – somewhere near Sloane Street.
On the edges of Drakes Estero, in the Point Reyes National Seashore, sits the only and the last oyster canning “factory” on the west coast. Its a pretty humble affair, a converted container houses the schucking room, a couple of employees work preparing the oysters, but the canning operation and the farm are the center of a huge controversy involving the Parks, local farmers, the Sierra Club and the local community. Read all about !!!
…to ship the huge quantities of food for the annual Produce Marketing Food show and conference.
iphone pic: Bolete mushrooms drying: can’t say where because mushroom hunters protect their spots like gold, and even an allusion to location would be a major breach of trust to the serious, but i can say that the penne, pancetta, fresh sage, cream and the rich meaty flavor of the mushroom made for an incredibly delicious dinner.
I’ve been working on a project in Kings County. Its about farming and water and a lake that was disappeared by farmers who needed the water. It was a very large lake. A show at Gallery Route One, in Point Reyes, California ran from Oct-until Dec 6th.
