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Asparagus and Gruyere Tart

Its early Spring 2021. I am in the veggie garden of my new home, a blue and white Victorian that has been my dream home since childhood. Tom and I saved up for years to buy it, but the reality of it hasn’t sunk in yet. That this home is ours. I thought it would…

Apricot and Almond Baked Brie

I’ve never eaten baked brie before, but last week I found a wheel on sale and decided to try it. It had been a wet and stormy day in a wet and stormy week. My husband, his best friend and I were hungry for a warm and comforting afternoon snack. I promised them both something…

Pear, Honey and Ginger Slab Pie

By: Melissa October 20, 2010May 26, 2018

Dessert, Food, Fruit, Tartsautumn, baking, cooking, fall, Food, pear, puff pastry, recipes3 Comments

When I was a teenager, the crisp cool weather of October meant my sister and I were on apple and pear duty. Our job was to pick the pears, apples, and apple-pears off the trees in the orchard before the birds or our fruit-eating dogs got to them first. We loved picking bird pecked apples…