Category: Recipes
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The Fruits of my Garden: Figs, Apples, Pomegranates, Asparagus and Berries
The second fig crop is still ripening on my Ficus ‘Petite Negra’. Days are shortening and nighttime temperatures are cooling down. Yesterday was our first dreary and wet reminder that our days are numbered. It misted and rained. Clouds hung in the air all day—as did the smell of PNW dampness. The city of Portland felt…
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Goat Cheese and Lemon Cheesecake with Pistachio Crust (with recipe!)
This is a late follow up to a post I wrote last December to celebrate the Blogoversary of the blog Amateur Bot-ann-ist. It’s still difficult for me to believe that I’ve been doing this now for 5 years, but I have been, and I still enjoy it very much. I might even be enjoying it even more…