Monday, July 16, 2012


fresh young broad beans, steamed or cooked, with a drop of olive oil and some sea salt......

Monday, July 9, 2012

Thursday, July 5, 2012



borage, a plant with vivid blue flowers and leaves with the flavor of cucumber. both the leaves as the flowers are edible. combine in a salad with green leaves and the vibrant orange edible flowers of nasturtium. they taste a bit peppery, like watercress

Monday, July 2, 2012

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Yes, there they are! Snow peas, a variety of peas eaten still unripe in their pod. In french called 'mange-tout', that's what we literally do, we 'eat them all'.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Nothing is as green as those first leaves

Monday, June 18, 2012