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Quick Mixed Pickles

By Maureen Abood On August 22, 2012 · 23 Comments · In Preserves and Pickles, Stories and Recipes, Summer, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Quick Mixed Pickle jars are an essential part of our everyday eating. These are crunchy, flavorful, and beautiful. My recipe is for quick pickles, which must be stored in the refrigerator. Something serious happened recently up north: the season changed. It’s not just the temperature, the coolness in the air, though that plays a part. [...]
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Ingredient: Produce, the mother lode

By Maureen Abood On August 21, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Ingredients, Summer, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
This is the kind of post that defines the idea that a picture is worth a thousand words. It’s August and everywhere there is color, abundance, ripe flavor…it’s all self-evident, isn’t it? But I will say just a few, if not a thousand, words. We’ll talk more later this week about the tremendous art of [...]
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Postcard from Lebanon

By Maureen Abood On April 30, 2012 · 18 Comments · In Picture Postcards
We have been in Lebanon for one day, and if I had to leave now, the trip would have been worth it. Some scenes from today: a friend of a friend who is now a friend…takes her Sunday and spends it showing us around. Unrivaled hospitality and warmth. There was a village with beautiful churches [...]
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Technique: How to prep oranges for candied peel

By Maureen Abood On November 30, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Christmas, Pastry and Sweets, Preserves and Pickles, Stories and Recipes, Techniques
The OCD-afflicted among us are going to enjoy the organized manner in which it’s best to peel citrus for candying. I have never been one to indulge in the wreckless abandon of tearing off the skin of an orange willy nilly until the fruit is naked. No, I give myself little gold stars on each [...]
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Ingredient: Oranges

By Maureen Abood On November 29, 2011 · 7 Comments · In Ingredients
Little did I know how little I know about oranges. Or so I was told when I visited an orange grove recently, located on the aptly named Orange Blossom Drive here in Southwest Florida where I’m visiting family. These are not the orange blossoms used to make our beloved orange blossom water, by the way—that [...]
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Quick Mixed Pickles

By Maureen Abood On August 22, 2012 · 23 Comments · In Preserves and Pickles, Stories and Recipes, Summer, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Quick Mixed Pickle jars are an essential part of our everyday eating. These are crunchy, flavorful, and beautiful. My recipe is for quick pickles, which must be stored in the refrigerator. Something serious happened recently up north: the season changed. It’s not just the temperature, the coolness in the air, though that plays a part. [...]
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Ingredient: Produce, the mother lode

By Maureen Abood On August 21, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Ingredients, Summer, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
This is the kind of post that defines the idea that a picture is worth a thousand words. It’s August and everywhere there is color, abundance, ripe flavor…it’s all self-evident, isn’t it? But I will say just a few, if not a thousand, words. We’ll talk more later this week about the tremendous art of [...]
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Postcard from Lebanon

By Maureen Abood On April 30, 2012 · 18 Comments · In Picture Postcards
We have been in Lebanon for one day, and if I had to leave now, the trip would have been worth it. Some scenes from today: a friend of a friend who is now a friend…takes her Sunday and spends it showing us around. Unrivaled hospitality and warmth. There was a village with beautiful churches [...]
Read More »

Technique: How to prep oranges for candied peel

By Maureen Abood On November 30, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Christmas, Pastry and Sweets, Preserves and Pickles, Stories and Recipes, Techniques
The OCD-afflicted among us are going to enjoy the organized manner in which it’s best to peel citrus for candying. I have never been one to indulge in the wreckless abandon of tearing off the skin of an orange willy nilly until the fruit is naked. No, I give myself little gold stars on each [...]
Read More »

Ingredient: Oranges

By Maureen Abood On November 29, 2011 · 7 Comments · In Ingredients
Little did I know how little I know about oranges. Or so I was told when I visited an orange grove recently, located on the aptly named Orange Blossom Drive here in Southwest Florida where I’m visiting family. These are not the orange blossoms used to make our beloved orange blossom water, by the way—that [...]
Read More »
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