Breathing Curiosity
The figs were bought for the fact that they are figs. What to do with them, and how to prepare them, that was secondary. A couple of days ago they were on my plate as a contrast to the polish sausage, after being in a long heat bath with spices until the vodka was reduced.… Continue reading Moods around a reduced fig
Plantains are familiar to me in the Cuban context. The wish to relive the tastes of my childhood is often not enough, though. I cook them every so often, always combining the taste I know, with the taste I want. Although non-existent in my childhood, I like the wide array of taste in meats. Today… Continue reading Cuban, Polish, and Mine
Black Mission Figs
Coffee and cornbread with figs
Cornbread with figs, accompanied by pesto with figs
(upside up)
Basil leaves, pine nuts, garlic, as first ingredients in the mortar, in the making of a fig pesto
(in a Japanese bowl)
fig
Figs, blueberries, orange peel, spices...
Spices for a Cabernet Sauvignon reduction, with figs, plums, navel peel, and blueberries.
Cornbread with lavender, plums and figs in Chardonnay and spices
Arepa (South America) Bagel (Polish, Jewish) Baguette (France) Biscotti (Italy) Brioche (France) Cornbread (American continent) Cornbread with Figs Crêpe (France) Croissant (France) Croutons (France) Dampfnudeln (Germany) Injera (Ethiopia, Eritrea) Matzo (Jewish) Muffin (United Kingdom) Panettone (Italy) Pita (Greece, Middle East) Pizza (Italy) Pretzel (Germany) Pumpernickel (Germany) Sangak (Iran) Scone (United Kingdom) Semmel/Brötchen (Germany) Waffle (Belgium)… Continue reading Love Ingrained (some Breads)
Blueberries, figs and spices in red wine for a couple of hours
Three variables dictate what I do in the kitchen ninety-five percent of the time: what I do or wish to understand, what I want, and what I am interested in discovering or merely trying. The prevalence of the latter is high, since perfection is an illusion — completion never happens, and any finish line is… Continue reading Corn — Pure and Enhanced
A ficus carica is a plant that carries the fruit known as the common fig. In the History of our civilizations, it was one of the earlier fruit trees to be cultivated. To humankind, its leaves may have served as the very first bikini. Ficus carica Linnaeus Long ago, before being considered the poor man's… Continue reading The Fig — a miniature constant
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