Category Archives for "Berries"

Oct 15

Asian Pear and Gooseberry Ice Cream

By Jeanie Rose | Berries

Asian pears have never tasted “finished” to me. Surely they would taste better if not grown here in the Central Valley of California — perhaps grown in volcanic soil like the Napa Valley or in the coastal air of See Canyon near San Louis Obispo where so many remarkable apples appear each fall. I don’t […]

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Oct 07

Wild Gooseberry Ice Cream

By Jeanie Rose | Berries

When Amanda came back from a harvest adventure with ripe wild Sierra gooseberries, she ended up making a gooseberry syrup. Besides their antioxidants, gooseberries have an amazing amount of pectin. It seems that gooseberries can be added to low-pectin fruit to make a nice jam without the addition of commercial pectins. I was all about […]

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Aug 21

Raspberry Peach Pops

By Jeanie Rose | Berries

Have you ever noticed how fruit varieties that come to harvest at the same time in any given area usually taste really good together? Whose great plan was that!?! This fruit combination for popsicles plays on that synergy. We were coming to the close of our raspberry crop. You know how it is when there’s […]

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Aug 19

Wild Currant Harvest: Don’t Drop The Berries!

By Frederick | Berries

Editor’s note: This post is written by our youngest writer, Frederick (11), who describes his experiences with cooking and foraging around our home in California’s Sequoia National Forest. This summer my mom, my grandma Bea, my little brother Alastair, and I picked wild currants. Wild berries aren’t always safe to eat and that reminded me […]

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