My neighbor had some lovely extra items from a party she hosted. She brought them to our house. We enjoyed sampling the cheeses, accompanied by red grapes, pepper strips and celery sticks she gifted us.
Thank you Kelly.
I started looking up cheese and saw that many people can’t eat hard cheeses and some get migraines and cheese can cause painful indigestion for others. Lactose intolerance affects some people, too. Ouch.
I like cheese and probably consume too much of it as I find it satisfying and delicious. But it has high fat content!
Pittsburgh -My friend Roberta brought this Plum Torte to breakfast Labor Day 2025. On that same day, my friend Joanne sent me a NYTimes article about it being Plum Torte Season
My sister Mary has two clippings of recipes from the NYTimes
Ruth ~ After talking to you about Marion Burros’ Purple Plum Torte I decided to make it once again. The New York Times has made it famous by writing about it and publishing the recipe, and I know your friend brought you one recently. The recipe is easy and foolproof. I made one individual serving in a little cocotte, and served it up with some Jeni’s “Brambleberry Crisp” ice cream and a small glass of plum wine. A great idea for some future dinner party.
And I cut the large one with a 6-piece pie/cake cutter that I found at my local restaurant supply store.
Thanks for giving me the idea to bake this fall classic!
JB
Joanne’s Purple Plums in Florida St Augustine Plum Torte by Joanne
Joanne’s dear friend Colleen (you’ve seen her quilts and cookbooks on the blog )
After I created the 9 image grid, (pics photographed in natural window light) I realized I was missing part of the sequence. See the 3 pics below in the night kitchen light
One thing I learned from a Gordon Ramsey cooking show, a few years ago, was to place what you’re cooking in an order so you know when to turn which piece. Start at 12:00 noon. Then 1,2, 3 o’clock etc.
A friend at exercise class gave me sourdough starter and a basic recipe. I learned why she advised don’t use tap water. Filtered or Spring water. The chlorine in the city water can kill the yeast (or at least slow it down.)
I’ve been feeding the starter refrigerating it when I’d leave town, take it back out and feed it again and was planning to bake sourdough bread.
Today was the day. I used a ln enameled cast iron bread baker that Jen S and I bought from Aldi last year.
Putting it into a handmade bread bag. “Always Fresh Bread” in Ukrainian
I took a book out of the library through the Libby App online and renewed it tonight.
Here’s a recipe if you feel inclined to make a rainbow jell-o this was created to photograph not to eat. As I looked at the old post I see I kept it in the freezer for longer than I wanted to admit.
The recipe I used took five hours to make and had Greek yogurt in the opaque layers not sour cream like the linked recipe.
Joanne made an adorable hand stitched Tea Cozy in the shape of a cat. We zoomed on our computers while I opened the present she shipped from Florida. There were boxes of tea as well but I don’t have a pic. Her thinking is I can do porch knitting with
friends while we sip tea. I love the cat cozy. Thank you Joanne for the creative handmade cat to keep the teapot warm.
Just a Sceenshot from video The interior fabric Joanne sent this photo to me this eveningPhoto by Joanne before she shipped the tea and cozy
