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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...

Look! Red Walnuts

In October when I got to tour the walnut harvest in California with the California Walnut Board, I was in the offices of Growers Direct Nut Company. They had a color poster on the wall showing all th...

Right Now: Walnut Harvest!

Walnut harvest is from September to November in California. Last week, I was invited by the California Walnut Commission to see the walnut harvest at a farm near Gustine, CA. We visited a walnut f...

Nocino and Vin de Noix: Making Green Walnut Liqueur

I had the most unexpected lucky windfall last week. For several years I've followed the adventures of other cooks who were lucky enough to get their hands on green walnuts, and who parlayed their good...

Savory Oatmeal: Gorgonzola, Walnut and Grape

We're big fans of oatmeal around here, especially the steel-cut variety. We know some of you like to add savory flavors to your oatmeal, and we've just started to play around with this ourselves. We...

Classic Combination: Pear and Walnut Salad

Salads in the Fall take on a more rustic, earth-toned look. Instead of the bright tomatoes and cucumbers of summer, it's pears, nuts, and (usually) deep-flavored cheese. This combination is one we tur...

Food Science: When Good Carrots Turn Green

And this time we're not talking about "environmentally-friendly carrots"! If you've ever sliced into a freshly-baked carrot cake only to find that the shreds of carrot have turned green, you will pro...