cherries

I love fruit but there are are a couple of fruits that I only like when they’re cooked. On that list … blueberries and cherries. I never eat them raw. To me, they just taste like totally different things when they are cooked though. But my family loves them and they’re around when they’re in [...]

For the past few summers, I haven’t let cherry season slip by without enjoying this lovely dish. And not only is it lovely, it’s one of those easy-enough-for-a-weeknight but fancy-enough-for-company dishes (don’t you love those!). If you’re entertaining, you can easily make the cherry chutney ahead of time too, and simply re-heat before serving. Even [...]

I love to bake bread year round, even in my warmer summer kitchen. I will often bake in the evening though, when things cool down a bit. And in the summer, I love to add fresh fruit into my yeast bread. This cherry bread is a great example, needing only a handful of fresh cherries. [...]

Clafoutis. Such a fancy name. Put simply, it’s a baked French dessert, traditionally made from the first cherries of the season. The cherries are arranged in a buttered dish and covered with a thick flan-like batter. The clafoutis is then dusted with powdered sugar and served lukewarm. A clafoutis is not a cake. It may [...]