PLUM AND RASPBERRY JAM

It has been an amazing summer for fruit in our neighbourhood.  We have had a large crop of Meyer Lemons and are about to get a second flush before winter.  Our passionfruit is fruiting also with a few blossoms still poking their gorgeous yellow and purple faces through the vine. Our next door neighbour has…

MANGO ICY POLES

Nothing says summer more than a Mango.  I buy trays  and trays of them over summer and if they aren’t eaten outside leaning over the chair, then they are pureed and turned into lots and lots of mango icy poles. My Mother in Law lives in the United States and every summer she reminds me…

POACHED QUINCES

I have always been intrigued by these wonderful winter fruits and I am ashamed to say that I have never attempted to cook with them until today.  I was also inspired by a recent preserving cooking class I did with Annie Smithers, where she had made a beautiful quince jelly with hers. I absolutely love…