Seasonal Eating

Sizzlin' Goodness RECIPE BY ROBIN AND BRUCE One thing I’ll say for the Pandemic, it’s given us virtual ways to show up and do just about anything. Still, 18 months into it, the Black Ha...

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Recipe by Robin You say teatime, I say scones. Tea with scones is the perfect pick-me-up combination: slightly sweet, lightly fruity, and caffeinated. Both festive and easy to make, scones...

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by Robin The Black Hat Tea must go on, even during Pandemic times! Created by my friend Rox and scheduled in mid-October, it’s our annual way of getting together with friends for tea, tra...

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Recipe inspired by Moosewood Late summer begins the parade of peppers at northern California farmers’ markets. All colors and shapes abound, specific types varying with the weather and fa...

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Retro Salad Still Popular at Potlucks RECIPE BY ROBIN Childhood memories are slippery. What one person remembers about someone else can be 180 degrees different from what a sibling or cous...

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Recipe adapted from Angela’s About 25 years ago, my friend Angela surprised me with a gorgeous strawberry whipped cream cake on my birthday, toting it all the way down to a beach party no ...

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Soup for Springtime, or Anytime RECIPE BY ROBIN It’s early June but it’s been pretty chilly for Santa Cruz. I’m NOT complaining! In fact, the cool spring gives me hope for a cool sum...

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Recipe by Robin I love dairy products, but they don’t always love me. After replacing cow’s milk with almond and oat milk, I’m taking it to the next level. This cashew cream recipe wi...

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Recipe Inspired by PPFA  Cookbook Receiving 4 lbs. of carrots in 2 weeks inspired me to peruse The Carrot Cookbook, a mini volume published to raise funds for Planned Parenthood Santa Cruz ...

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Recipe Adapted from Bergy When I started Seasonal Eating in 2011, I contacted Bergy , food photography pioneer at Food.com for advice on kohlrabi. Back in 2001, no one considered food phot...

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Serve with Bacon, Ham, Canadian Bacon or Sausage RECIPE BY ROBIN Colcannon! I’ve never made it and wasn’t planning on it. But our weekly food shares have delivered cabbage and potatoes...

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Recipe Adapted from BUNWC* My sister claims not to cook, but don’t believe it. While raising her kids a generation or so ago, she made amazing meals every night. Everything that she makes ...

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Recipe adapted from R. Cherney Way back when, I migrated from New England to California, with my worldly possessions and camping gear stuffed into an old Pinto station wagon. Along the way I...

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California Holly = Live Oak + Rose Hips RECIPE FROM OLD SURREY, ENGLAND A few years ago I met a delightful woman at a winter solstice party. We both had studied art under the same professors...

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z Recipe by Robin A couple of decades ago when I first starting cooking dinners with my not-quite-husband-yet, I frequently prepared small potatoes dotted with fresh herbs and garlic, wrapped...

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Post-Thanksgiving Comfort Food RECIPE BY ROBIN Seriously now, is there anyone who doesn’t like pot pies? When my friend Raven shared photos of her post-Thanksgiving turkey pot pies, I kne...

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Layers of Gorgeous Squash RECIPE BY ROBIN Several years and one house ago I mentioned to my gardening neighbor Dana that I love summer squash. Lo and behold, a few weeks later my front st...

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  Recipe by Robin   Heirloom tomatoes! Those oddly shaped, strangely colored, and remarkably hefty hunks of flavor! They’re all over the farmers’ markets in September, maybe even in ...

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Served as Dip = Sharmoula RECIPE BY A. AND ROBIN I messed up. When trying to recreate my cousin A.’s delicious sharmoula, a traditional Libyan salad, memory didn’t quite serve. I got...

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RECIPE BY MOM It’s been more years than I’ll admit since I helped my mom make potato salad. And yet, I’ve never made it at all since I left home decades ago—until now. The secret o...

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RECIPE BY ROBIN Fruit cobbler recipes vary quite a bit. Fruits can be single or combined, spiced or not. The fruit layer’s liquidity can be adjusted with cornstarch or flour. Biscuit d...

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RECIPE FROM OLD CLIPPING Just because we’re sheltering in place doesn’t mean that food has to be basic or boring. This newspaper recipe from who-knows-when features fancy restaurant-l...

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RECIPE BY ROBIN “Shelter in Place” is better with chocolate, don’t you agree? Before the pandemic, when I was working, I’d perfected some smoothies for my 15 minute lunch break, ...

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Chiffon Cake: Light and Airy RECIPE ADAPTED FROM MOOSEWOOD COOKBOOK Sour cream in a chiffon cake is a really not right. But I’m dubbing this recipe a chiffon cake because its fine ligh...

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Winter Carrots & Citrus, with Coriander and Yogurt RECIPE FROM THE GREEN WITCH Before trying this recipe I doubted that 2-3 tablespoons of ground coriander in a soup that serves 4-6 woul...

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