Greetings from North Central Washington and Discover Heirloom Cuisine Guests… Spring Time Reflections…..
The perfect example of delayed gratification, is ones garden, winter blues planned away with garden sketches, seed catalogs, and sipping on herbal memories.
So how does the spring air spread hope throughout ones soul as you work the fields, feel the dirt through your hands, soak up the sun, and anticipate the satisfaction of a colorful summer harvest.
Our gorgeous May days here in North Central Washington have primed the mental promises made to myself that this year would include more edible landscape to share in the visual pleasure alongside our taste buds. So, more grapes, onions, tomatoes, herbs, more of it all!
Admittedly this week was the 2nd planting for our heirloom tomatoes, sweet basil and peppers. Wild winds thrashed the first so unsympathetically I was whispering my apologies throughout the afternoon while planting.
Our new “Pesto Garden” now holds garlic alongside the sweet basil, harvest blends of olive oil, sea salt, and of course a teaspoon of sugar or two will make it complete. The sandwich grill and soup pot plan to show it off in Tomato Basil Soup….Pesto Chicken Panini and for those who dare to try the experimental personal pizza.
The Salsa Garden, filled with red onions, sweet peppers, and heirloom tomatoes…then added to the best local fruit in the world, fresh pears, and apples, a salsa recipe to take home and certainly worth sharing with your favorite guests back home.
Our Discover Heirloom Cuisine Harvest classes include Pesto, Salsa and Heirloom Apple Butter Make N” Take later in the summer….be sure to stay tuned… turn your discovery week into a private girls event, or family bonding time. We are happy to block out your personal private class dates for a group of 6# or more, any dates from August-November 2010.
We look forward to the harvest, cooking creations, and visits to other artisan producers, chefs and special friends during the year....we welcome you to our Discover Heirloom Cuisine culinary vacation programs.
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