A local grocer has been stocked with these beautiful nectarines for the last couple of weeks. They’re hard to pass up. Their fragrance is intoxicating, plus I love the colors. We’ve been purchasing fresh fruit left and right and are trying to keep up with our stockpile, but over the weekend I noticed a few of the nectarines fading fast. So I reached for my continue reading …
So I found these pluots the other day, you remember? They’re the fruit that’s a cross between a plum and an apricot. I can’t say that I’ve had many plums or apricots in my life and certainly haven’t cooked with them, and a pluot? Didn’t even know they existed up until yesterday. So what do you do with a fruit that you’ve never eaten or continue reading …
I was in the grocery store yesterday and saw these beautiful babies. Do you know what they are? Plums? No. Nectarines? Nope. Apricots? Nuh-uh. They’re called pluots, a hybrid of plums and apricots but much sweeter and juicier than either. This is the Dapple Dandy variety. I’m sure some of you foodies out there have already discovered pluots but they’re new to me. Apparently the continue reading …
