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Posts tagged “rosemary”

Recipe: Rosemary-Walnut Brown Butter Cookies

As if the toasted walnuts weren't enough, we decided to brown the butter in these shortbread cookies for an extra dose of nutty richness! Rosemary might sound strange in a cookie, but it adds just the...

Quick Tip: How to Strip the Leaves from Herbs

Picking each individual leaf from a sprig of rosemary or thyme is one of the most boring and mind-numbing kitchen tasks we can think of. Happily, there is a little trick that makes it much easier!...

From the Herb Garden: Rosemary

Take one look at the imposing needle-like leaves on a rosemary plant, and you might wonder how anyone ever thought to put this herb in their mouths! But crush a few of those needles between your finge...

Make These: Rosemary Apricot Shortbread Cookies

We're suckers for shortbread, apricot jam, and sandwich cookies. So when we saw these beauties over at Tartelette, we thought, "Three for three. Score." ...

Recipe Recommendation: Rosemary Roasted Cashews

Here's another quick appetizer idea for Thanksgiving—sweet and spicy cashews that your guests can snack on while they're waiting for the turkey......

Help! Can Our Rosemary Plant Survive Indoors?

We became addicted to fresh rosemary this summer and are loath to give it up. But we live in Boston and our apartment doesn't get very good sunlight - is there any hope our rosemary can survive the wi...

Rosemary-Lime Sparkle Ice Cream
Best Lick! 2008 Ice Cream Contest Entry #8

Original Ice Cream Flavor: Rosemary-Lime Sparkle Ice Cream Ice Cream Chef: Marilyn What inspired this recipe? There's a little drive-in near where I grew up that serves something called a "lime free...

Easy Summer Dessert: Apricots with Candied Rosemary Walnuts and Cream

We made the easiest dessert the other night and we have to tell you about it! It only had three ingredients, but oh it was good... ...

Grill Tonight: Grilled Tomatoes with Rosemary and Garlic

Here's one more way to celebrate our first ripe tomato of the season: grilled tomatoes. We are in love with these grilled tomatoes from the marvelous food blog Lucullian Delights. ...

Essential Bar Ingredient: Rosemary Simple Syrup

Many cocktail recipes for the spring and summer call for the addition of simple syrup. Even better is when the recipe calls for a flavored simple syrup, such as rosemary....

Recipe Review: Mark Bittman's Rosemary-Lemon White Bean Dip

With all the rain and warm weather we've had in Boston recently, our pot of rosemary has started to look a bit wild and scraggly around the edges. It's in definite need of a trim! We tagged this Mark...

Summer Living: Cooking With Fresh Herbs

One of our favorite parts of summer is the abundance of fresh herbs--often in our own back yards! We find ourselves throwing herbs into everything we cook, relishing in their fresh green flavors. Sin...

More Summer Cocktails

Armed with all the fresh fruits and berries that are currently in season in California, we experimented with some new cocktail recipes over the weekend....

Our Small San Francisco Container Garden

We don't really have a lot of room to garden at our San Francisco Edwardian row house. Our backyard faces north and doesn't get enough light to grow vegetables, and our south-facing front stoop had v...

Recipe: Rosemary Roast Potatoes

You just can't get a much better flavor pairing than rosemary and potatoes. The pine-y rosemary perfumes the earthy potatoes just so. It's a classic combination that we never get tired of tasting.Thes...