Seasonal fruit and vegetables « Robert Wemischner

Ruby red rhubarb

{Tart, alluring and lingering in flavor}

Asparagus

{fresh, crunchy, tender and green}

Seasonal spring strawberries

{sweet, tart, fragrant and addictive}

Spring Strawberry Gratin

Serves 4.

Seasonal citrus fruits–Cara Cara and blood oranges, tangerines, etc.

{sweet, juicy, surprisingly tart and vividly colored}

Crimson Gold Apples

{bursting with juice, crunchy and irresistible}

Early winter citrus fruits–Oroblanco grapefruit

{sweet, tart and juicy}

Heirloom tomatoes, late summer/early fall

{sweet, tart, and juice–concentrated droplets of sunshine}

Hatch chile-apple conserve

Yield: 3 half-pint jars, approximately

Hatch chiles from New Mexico

{fruity, spicy and addicting}

Stone fruits–summer’s best

{sweet, juicy and highly aromatic}

Summer stone fruits–plums, peaches, nectarines & Co.

{juicy, aromatic, varied and wonderful}

Apricots

{sweet, tart, unforgettable when good}

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Asparagus

{Crunchy, verdant and delicious}

Rhubarb

{sweet and tart with a pleasant resistance to the bite}

Artichokes

{tough exterior, tender heart and worth the effort}

Pomelo (Pummelo)

{a concentrated wallop of sunshine in juicy, pink and dense flesh}

Blood Oranges

{sweet/tart distillation of sunshine}

Korean Pears

{Crunchy and bursting with juice}

Quince–the quintessential fall fruit

{perfumed, mellow, dense fleshed and intensely flavored}

Red wine-poached quince

Yield: 4 servings

Early fall apples

{sweet, tart, dense, juicy}

Champagne Grapes

{tiny, supersweet and juicy}

Red raspberries

{perfumed, ambrosial, sweet and tart}

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Summer corn

{sweet and crunchy with a burst of juice in every kernel}

Cherries

{intense and juicy with a pleasant snap}

Apriums

{Sweet-tart, meltingly tender, smooth skinned with a sunset colored blush}

Fresh morel mushrooms

{Dusky, woodsy, fragrant and begging to be drowned in cream}

Peak-of-the-season spring strawberries

{Lush, fragrant, intensely sweet yet pleasantly acidic}

Tangerines

{Tangy, honey-sweet with a zip-off skin}

Rhubarb

{Ruby-red, sweet-tart and bracing}

Cherimoya

{Exotic, complex and luscious}

Korean Pears

{Fine granular texture, refreshingly juicy and super crisp}

Persimmons

{Succulent, mellow and satisfyingly sweet}

Winter Squash

{Earthy, sweet and velvety}

Meyer Lemons

{Sweet, non-acidic, complex and floral}

Late harvest grapes and fresh of-the-season walnuts

{A duo of sweet, tart, meltingly tender and crunchy}

Heirloom apples

{Sweet, tart and meltingly tender}

Pomegranates

{Messy but worth it}

Asian Pears

{Spicy, juicy and crisp}

O’Henry Summer Peaches

{nothing fuzzy about the flavor}

Italian Prune Plums

{small but powerfully sweet and tart}

Comice Pear

{considered the “Queen of Pears”}

Black Mission Figs

{one of the great, more commonly available varieties}

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Listen to my interview on Good Food radio show

Listen to my recent appearance on “Good Food” at KCRW 89.9 FM. Strawberries are in season and it’s time to celebrate with a creamy fragrant Strawberry Gratin. Listen here:
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