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{sumo citrus!}

i just love seasonal produce.  i love looking forward to something… we are so spoiled – especially in the US – to get food whenever we want it… including produce.  and it baffles me when people...

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{champagne mangos — it’s like making-out with a piece of fruit!}

have you ever had a champagne mango? not quite the same as your common mango, which are typically more oval-shaped with green and red hues to the skin.  champagne mangos start off green, but are yellow...

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{meatless mondays : seasonal english peas simmered in a san marzano sauce}

a co-worker suggested i try this recipe when i said, “what should i do with the delicious english peas i bought today?” it’s a pretty basic recipe – with a special ingredient of cinnamon… which i must...

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{super cool sea beans}

i’m going to bet not many of you have seen these little guys.  in all my 9 years of being around specialty produce, this was a first for me.  i like to look over the produce section this time of year...

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{grilled cheese and tomato sammy featuring sauteed spring ramps}

hey – how was your weekend? i feel like mine was full of epiphanies.  i feel like i turned over a new leaf. maybe it’s because i really feel like spring has ACTUALLY finally sprung here in colorado....

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{ways artichokes are like humans}

it’s artichoke season!!! and thank goodness for that!!!!  i wrote a blog or two about them last spring… i just love these beautiful babies. although they do take an awful lot of work to prepare for...

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{pretty purple artichokes}

why are artichokes so amazing?!?!?!?!!!!!! and beautiful?!?!?!?!!!!!! i bought a handful of these little purple ones the other day… i just love anything with deep colour… and since it’s artichoke...

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{“sui generis” in produce : the cherimoya}

in case you’re wondering : sui generis  have you ever seen or even better, eaten one of these beauties?!  this is the lovely cherimoya {pronounced “cher-uh-moi-uh”}… i love how she is shaped like a...

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{hooray for cherry season!}

nom nom, don’t you just love cherries?! they are so fabulous for so many reasons!! … good for your heart… {among other things like gout and blood clots} loaded with antioxidants… naturally contain...

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{english peas}

their season is ending soon… so grab ‘em while you still can! i look forward to them every year!  i just love love love ‘em!  and i love how they keep for a good long time in the fridge! i do lots of...

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{cherryfest!}

this foto is from the archives… circa 2003 – captured at a farmers market in san jose, california.Filed under: the food, the foodie, the foto Tagged: archives, audrey michelle, cherries, cherryfest,...

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{whatever wednesday – cute little sacredly-geometrical cabbage}

i always buy the “unusual” looking produce, just ask anyone i used to work with.  usually it’s so i can fotograph it i found this tiny little cabbage one day and nabbed it up.  it was about the size of...

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{whatever wednesday : wild wild raspberries from the wild wild west}

i think it’s so cool that so many things grow wild up here… asparagus, morel mushrooms… …and raspberries! Filed under: art, the food Tagged: beauty, colorado, colourful, eat the rainbow, eating, fine...

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{beautiful and colourful cherry tomatoes}

i can’t seem to get enough of these gorgeous locally-grown organic and adorable cherry tomatoes, lately… i fotograph and write about these amazing little gems all the time… i just think they are so...

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{foto friday : “snake melon”}

have you ever seen such a thing?  i sure hadn’t… but thanks to my awesome new job, i have been exploring all kinds of new produce.  this is called a “snake melon” but also formally known as an...

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{eat the rainbow : purple sweet potatoes}

i get super excited when i see a rainbow on my plate. it just makes me happy to eat COLOUR!  and these wonderful bright purple sweet potatoes please both the palate and the eye. i love how they grow in...

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