tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107692602665196400.post2719056911666483954..comments2023-10-21T10:04:03.610-04:00Comments on Cocoa and Lavender: Luscious LemonsCocoa and Lavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13627872741055523948noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107692602665196400.post-59491837850116816482011-01-26T11:18:57.697-05:002011-01-26T11:18:57.697-05:00Magda - I can really see why you miss the citrus f...Magda - I can really see why you miss the citrus from your homeland. I have only had citrus trees in my life for 5 years and I can never imagine being without them again. The thIng that is so striking is that the flavor of what is generally available in the supermarkets bears no resemblance to a piece of fruit ripened on the tree and picked with your two hands. I wish I could send you some!<br /><br />Patty - thank you for such sweet and wonderful comments about my mother's cookbook. I love the images of your family in the South Dakota farmhouse and I can almost smell the results! Really, there is nothing like Mom's - or Moms' - cooking!Cocoa and Lavenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13627872741055523948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107692602665196400.post-31509375135675522572011-01-24T14:00:08.989-05:002011-01-24T14:00:08.989-05:00I love citrus fruit David. Being from Greece and h...I love citrus fruit David. Being from Greece and having lemon and orange trees in my back yard, I miss them so much here in Holland. Nothing tastes like Greek lemons. I haven't tried Meyer lemons, I always thought they were an American variety so thanks for the introduction. I have to search for them here. I hope I can find them!<br />Your marmalade jars look so pretty. If only I could open one and taste the marmalade inside...!<br />MagdaMy Little Expat Kitchenhttp://mylittleexpatkitchen.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107692602665196400.post-75332841842291656792011-01-23T15:50:39.846-05:002011-01-23T15:50:39.846-05:00Last weekend during a visit with Susan Manfull in ...Last weekend during a visit with Susan Manfull in San Diego, she put a sublime book in my hands and asked me to take a look. This is so much more than a cookbook. The contents include old recipe cards, hand written and typed, gorgeous photos of the steps and finished creations along with your memories of the recipes took me back to my childhood. So often, I was awed by my mother's sisters and their daughters being in my aunt's big South Dakota farmhouse kitchen creating delicious meals prepared from the garden, sky or turf bounty. They moved about as though a talented choreographer directed the dance of chopping, whipping, beating, frosting, boiling, baking, rolling, frying with conversation and laughter floating overhead to present the masterpiece that a meal can be. <br />Thank you for sharing recipes and pictures from your beautiful cookbook here and for capturing a time when a mother's love for her family was centered in the nourishment of body, mind and soul. hmmmmmPatti Thorntonnoreply@blogger.com