Posted in Condiments, Desserts, Snacks, tagged jam, membrillo, quince on February 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
If you saw these lumpy, fuzzy, brown-splotched things in the bargain bin of your local market for $1.50 a bag, you’d think their next stop was the compost heap and you’d walk right past, wouldn’t you?
Oh, but you’d be wrong. Sadly, sadly wrong, since these less-than-beauteous things are quinces, and pretty is utterly irrelevant when [...]
Posted in Celebrations, Side Dishes, Signature Dishes, tagged cranberry, ginger, orange, pear, quince, sauce, vanilla on November 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
People tend to get touchy about any foods deeply tied to holiday tradition, and the humble cranberry sauce is no exception. What seems like a simple matter of fruit and sugar has the potential to set off firestorms of difference of opinion.
My mother, for example, is a purist. She insists on the absolute bare basics: [...]
Posted in Desserts, tagged almonds, quince on August 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In starting to clear out the fridge yesterday, I found a jar of Greek quince preserves I picked up at the Middle Eastern market ages ago because I cannot resist anything quince, and didn’t have the heart to just throw it out. Even if I don’t have time or ingredients to make a traditional pastafrola [...]
Posted in Sunday Night Baking, tagged apple, cake, ginger, honey, mascarpone, quince, spice on September 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I am woefully behind on the blogging, and I’m afraid I still don’t have the time or energy right now to do this anywhere near as well as I’d like to, but something is better than nothing, right? Anyway, in a (probably futile) attempt to catch up, here is the Sunday project from two weeks [...]
