Archive for the 'Fruit' Category

Clerico (aka White Sangria)

Summer is almost here (I hope) !
I’ve often enjoyed Sangria out on the deck in the summer time with good friends and good food. A few years ago, while celebrating at a Boston/Cambridge restaurant, I tried Clerico. It was a fresh change and a perfect match to the tappas (and the company). After some needling, [...]

Early season figs - not as good as those in October

I was both surprised and disappointed back in April when I saw figs already on the tree. Last year, I was picking ripe figs around October so figs in April would be ripe much sooner than that. Also, the number of figs was very low. I wasn’t sure if fig trees has “off years”. [...]