Tag: Figs

• Figgy jam

  When they simmer for a little more than an hour with sugar, lemon juice and zest, something mysterious hangs in the background, behind the smell of sweetness. Something dark, serpents in the trees and jungle-y

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  November 1, 2019

  Cooking from the garden, Flavors of the Earth, Fruit, Preserving the garden’s bounty

  Figs, Gifts from the kitchen, jam, thespruceeats.com

• Stopping by the kitchen on a snowy evening: Honey-garlic sprouts and figgy pork tenderloin

  Lucky for us, the new issue of Taste of Home magazine with its centerpiece on sheet pan suppers arrived before the snow (none of this carry on through rain, snow, sleet foolishness for our carriers). The frozen stuff started before daylight and continued all day, but we had a tiny pork tenderloin in the freezer…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  January 18, 2018

  Cooking Light magazine, good food, Roasting vegetables, Taste of Home magazine, vegetables, Winter

  Brussels sprouts, Figs, Garlic, Pork, Sheet pan baking

• Fresh, fabulous figs

  We waited longer for figs than for a baby. The latter took just under 3 years; the former, more than 25. And this year, booyah!, we have figs. Figs to eat out of hand, figs to freeze for making preserves and figs to cook. Assuming figs grew in Eden (fig leaves, remember?), why would anyone leave,…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  August 23, 2017

  Cooking from the garden, Fresh herbs, Fruit, Pork chops, Rural life, Seasonal food, Southern food

  cooking from garden, Figs, gardening, healthy eating, onions, Thyme