Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Strawberries are in - summer is here!

We love to see fresh strawberries at the local farmers market! When there are loads of them everywhere it is a sure sign that summer is here. We get some amazing produce here in California & it is always bountiful. I spoke to a friend who lives on the East Coast & she says as soon as winter hits the price of produce sky rockets. A lot of beautiful produce gets shipped across so we are very lucky to be in this area & have farms in the local vicinity. The picture of the crab apples in this post came from Whole Foods & they are very cute so I just had to buy them to take a picture of them! These guys ended up in a cobbler from my favourite chef's cookbook Jamie Oliver - he is such a no nonsense guy in the kitchen & his Italian influence fuses with most of my menu plans! Living in Melbourne for a while we have an affinity for Italian & we just love the ease of cooking as well - especially when the kids like all types of pasta dishes.

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