Tag: LarryLand
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Preserved Lemons
If you live in Southern California, it is a crime to not have a lemon tree. I mean this literally – trucks of inspectors drive around checking people’s yards out. I was outside my front door one day and the local county fruit inspector stopped by to check. I passed inspection. Whew – I won’t…
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Roasted Tomato and Preserved Lemon Pesto
OK, I’ll admit that this one’s a bit of a “chef-y” sort of recipe. But everyone has had Bruschetta in about a million ways and this one is a fun take on the idea. Plus, it’s really not hard to make.
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LarryLand Lemon Vinaigrette
There are about 9,256,189,736 recipes for vinaigrette in the known universe (in the Marvel “MCU” Universe there are many, many more; those superheroes have to do something when they’re not busy destroying New York City). What amazes me is how complicated these all make vinaigrette sound, like the act of making salad dressing (somewhere a…
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Mollie’s Cumin Corn
For all of you who think cooking takes a lot of training and know-how understand this: My daughter came up with this when she was about 10 years old and I have never been able to improve upon it.
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LarryLand Guac
There are a few truths about guacamole: 1) You can NEVER have enough at a party. 2) Everyone’s homemade guac is pretty darned good 3) Store-bought nuclear-green guac that doesn’t turn an unappealing gray color is not acceptable. I’ve been making this version of guac for years. Try It.
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I’m 25 steps into a 12-step program
Alcoholics Anonymous has 12 steps to stop drinking; Target has 26 steps that makes you start drinking. Norm forgive me, for I have shimmed.
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The Cook I Want To Be
My favorite bookstore in Sonoma, Reader’s Books, has a great cookbook selection. I happened across this book. It begs the question, exactly what kind of cook do I want to be? My friends and family would say either Jacques Pepin or Julia Child. They would be sure that the are correct. They would be wrong.…
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Twenty Years
Twenty years. That’s how many years we have come to Sonoma County for vacation. Time has passed very quickly indeed. Still, every time that we start the drive up Highway 12 from Sonoma to Santa Rosa I still can’t believe how beautiful this place is and how lucky we are to be here.
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I Blinked
A long time ago, when I thought I was a veteran parent, I wrote a list of the things that one did not expect when they became a first-time parent. Since then, I’ve written many things about parenting. Many of these on Father’s Day, so we’ll consider this my “Fathers Day Advice” post. I’m now officially…
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16 Palms
It’s June and therefore it is the time for the ritual known as the Annual Trimming of the Trees. Monk Robes are involved.
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