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Lemony White Bean & Fennel Soup

3 May 2015 by local kitchen

When life gives you lemons….. make soup! The lovely Karen, Orchard Mistress Supreme at Lemon Ladies Orchard in Northern California, sent me a little gift box of Meyer lemons in the mail last week (as well as some of her amazing Santa Rosa plum jam). And I’ll tell you, in a year that has so far included birth and death, travel and tribulation, shoveling and shoveling and shoveling some more, months spent away from home, broken bones and broken water […]

Categories: beans, heirloom beans, soup • Tags: beans, cooking, fennel, food, local, Meyer lemon, recipes, soup

Meyer Lemon: Citrus Salt, Simple Syrup, Powdered Pectin & Scrub

9 May 2013 by local kitchen

So you say the pantry is already stocked with more marmalade than you can eat in a year (or two? or three? Ahem.) You’ve made lemon pasta (twice!), lemon lentil salad, boozy lemon bars, lemon curd shortcake, and lots of lemony margaritas? The craziness of Spring: visiting friends, impending work deadlines, and mandatory weeknight campfires is upon you? But still, you have this big pile of gorgeous California citrus to enjoy? Well, my friends: I’m here to help. Dispatch a dozen lovely Meyer […]

Categories: citrus, winter • Tags: citrus, food, Meyer lemon, preserving, quick & easy, recipes

Bubbly Meyer Marmalade

19 February 2012 by local kitchen

Tonight is the last episode of Season 2 of Downton Abbey. I know: I’m sad too. It went by so fast! Alas, the war, and the season, is over my friends, and we have nothing to do but contemplate the long, dreary, Downton-less months until Season 3 (with Shirley MacLaine! Shirley and Maggie, throwing down 1920’s style. I can hardly wait.) So what do I, a lowly food blogger with neither manor house, liveried servants, nor fabulous peacock-feathered hats, have to offer you as […]

Categories: canning, citrus, preserves, preserving, wine, beer & liquor, winter • Tags: canning, champagne, citrus, cooking, food, Meyer lemon, preserving, recipes

Meyeritas

15 February 2012 by local kitchen

I took my last two precious Meyer lemons from the Lemon Ladies and bestowed upon them the Highest Honor known to Fruitdom: tequila. Tai is sick and has a horrible, wracking cough that shakes his frame approximately every 42 seconds. I am drowning in data, reprioritizing deadlines, booking travel, cancelling on friends, ignoring the phone, and lamenting the grim, cold, grey skies. Clearly there is only one thing to do: Meyer lemon margaritas. Because it’s been that kind of week. And […]

Categories: citrus, wine, beer & liquor, winter • Tags: booze, cocktails, Meyer lemon, quick & easy, recipes, tequila

Cranberry Meyer Lemon Chutney

1 February 2012 by local kitchen

As promised, more citrus action: a take on my favorite cranberry chutney, this time with Meyer lemons. This recipe started out as a Meyer lemon marmalade; hence the marmalade-esque process of slicing, measuring, adding water, and simmering of the lemons. The next day I decided that I wanted to try a chutney instead, so I drained the lemons and adapted a cranberry chutney recipe. There may be no need for preparing the citrus pectin as described below, but I do […]

Categories: canning, chutneys, citrus, cranberries, hot chile peppers, preserving, winter • Tags: canning, chutney, citrus, cooking, food, local, Meyer lemon, preserving, recipes