Tag Archives: Fall

Farmhouse Harvest Soup with White Beans

Harvest White Bean Soup : The Wimpy Vegetarian

  The harvest. Hopes fulfilled. Dreams realized. A time to celebrate and share a bounty with family, friends, and neighbors, that was hard-earned. A time to cook, and for canning what you want to preserve for the winter ahead. Our harvest can be from our [...]

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#SundaySupper: Cider-Spiced Sweet Potato Soup

Cider-Spiced Sweet Potato Soup: The Wimpy Vegetarian

    We’re suddenly launching into autumn here in California. We’ve swung from (really) hot sunny days to changing skies, and a bite in the air. It’s a subtle change, but one that ushers in the familiar changes, sights, and smells of fall. Autumn is [...]

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Farm Visit to California Vegetable Specialties: Grilled Pear, Fig and Endive Flatbread

grilled pear, fig, and endive flatbread

  At least once a month here, I’ll be showcasing a farm or ranch where I’ve been lucky enough to get a behind-the-scenes tour,  along with a recipe I’ve created to highlight their “product”. Thanks to being in the San Francisco Professional Food Society (and [...]

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#SundaySupper: Roasted Balsamic Tomatoes

slow roasted tomatoes drizzled with balsamic vinegar, how to slow roast tomatoes

  This may not feel like much of a recipe to you, but this is one of my star kitchen staples these days. Frankly I need all the shortcuts I can find, with my time being gulped down by the gallon between remodeling a condo we [...]

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Herb-Y Leek Confit

Herb-y Leek Confit slider: The Wimpy Vegetarian

The champagne is  gone. All the holiday decorations boxed up and stored away with wrapping paper decorated with gold and green holly leaves, and Santa stickers. It’s January, the first month without a holiday to look forward to since the hot summer days of August. [...]

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Easy Whole-Wheat Pita Bread

  You might not guess it from this sedate photo, but these are the drama queens of bread, puffing up dramatically in just a few short minutes in a hot oven from the expansion of carbon dioxide and steam. When they cool off, they slowly [...]

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#SundaySupper Gifts From the Kitchen : Harissa!

Harissa Gift : The Wimpy Vegetarian

  This week at #SundaySupper, we’re sharing our Gifts From the Kitchen with you. If you’re wondering what gift to bring to a holiday dinner, or to a holiday gift exchange with friends and family, nothing is more personal and savored than something from your [...]

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