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Green figs from the garden!

Posted on August 28, 2023

The nice surprise of the summer: our fig tree has produced a lot of lovely, sweet green figs! We have always had a little fig tree, but in the past, it has never yielded much because it was basically buried by bamboo growing into our yard from the neighbors. This spring, I got ambitious and …

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Melons de Lectoure

Posted on July 17, 2023

It’s a cliché, but a perfectly ripe melon and a perfectly dry-aged ham are an incomparable combination. If you really want to gild the lilly, add a chiffonnade of fresh mint and serve with a sweet white wine from Jurançon, a dry sherry or even an off-dry sparkling wine. The season for melons de Lectoure …

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