Missed the setup? Read Concord Grape Pie, Part 1.
Alright, so I had my hands on the elusive Concord grapes, and my mother-in-law had emailed the recipe weeks ago, when I first told her of my quest for Concord grapes. I wished that I didn’t live 500+ miles away, because she sounded quite wistful about the grape pie (as wistful as one can sound in an email), and I thought that it would be nice to give her a piece or make her a grape pie of her very own as a thank you. I also thought it would be great if some other grape pie fans lived nearby, so I could give them the remains of what I was sure would be a disastrous dessert without having to feel guilty for throwing it in the trash. Can you feel the optimism?
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Once upon a time, I asked B what his favorite dessert was. I knew that he was more of an “ice cream man” than a “pastry guy”, but I was curious about whether he actually had a favorite non-ice cream dessert, and it was one of those days where I was looking for something new to try. Little did I know the can of worms that I was about to open.
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It was Memorial Day, and our barbecue was just about ready when I suddenly got a craving for some sort of lemonade. I mentally ran through a list of fruits that I could combine with the lemons and decided on raspberries…both because I liked the idea and because I had a bag of frozen raspberries on hand.
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During the last year or so, I have developed a sensitivity to processed (table) sugar and wheat. It’s kind of a bummer because I’m unable to eat mountains of glorious sweets like I used to, but that’s probably what got me into trouble in the first place. Anyway, in order to try and get things back into balance, I’m attempting to replace processed sugar with natural sugars wherever I can. I’m actually really excited about this, as it gives me lots of opportunities to experiment.
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I have turned into a strawberry fiend lately. I’ve always liked strawberries, but since they’ve started appearing en masse at the grocery in the past month or so, I feel like a “strawberry love” switch has been turned on in my brain. It doesn’t hurt that the first couple of pounds that I bought were some of the best strawberries I’ve had in my life. So, naturally, I had to make this strawberry galette pretty much as soon as I saw the picture in the latest issue of Martha Stewart Living.
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