Berry Crumble Bars With Lemon Lavender Icing

Berry Crumble Bars With Lemon Lavender Icing

I dried a bunch of lavender last year and between syrups, jams, and baked goods, I always enjoy adding a bit of this floral treasure to give a subtle hint of irresistible deliciousness that makes me think of spring. These tasty bars with a crumbly 

Akebia Berry Smoothie

Akebia Berry Smoothie

The fruit on my akebia have split open, smiling with their seed and pulp glistening on the inside. I find it too much work to sit and eat it directly from the pod, so instead I decided I’d separate the pulp from the seeds with 

Rose and Berry Jam

Rose and Berry Jam

My berries and other small fruits have been coming in with the full force of summer—raspberries, blueberries, serviceberries, red and white alpine strawberries, gooseberries, currants, blackberries, nanking cherries, and goumi berries have been shoved unceremoniously into the freezer. It seems like every other week I’m 

Cherry Berry Rhubarb Compote

Cherry Berry Rhubarb Compote

My Korean Bush Cherry gave me about a cup of fruit this year, and I had wondered what to do with them. They’re quite tart, but surprisingly has a bit of sweetness behind them, so I thought I’d prepare a compote with the rhubarb from 

Apple Berry Rhubarb Bake (With Armagnac)

Apple Berry Rhubarb Bake (With Armagnac)

As I’m going through my chest freezer, I found a container of the various berries I grew last year—I very often shove them all together into the freezer, if there isn’t enough to immediately make something with due to varying ripening times. I sometimes grab 

Great Goumi Berry

Great Goumi Berry

There was a sad little goumi berry (Elaeagnus multiflora) bush, root bound and sitting in the corner of a nursery I go to at the end of every season to nab huge discount deals.  I’ve never eaten a goumi berry before, but it seemed interesting 

Very Berry Cream Tart

Very Berry Cream Tart

I first learned how easy it was to make pastry cream from my sister (The Chef) two Thanksgivings ago. She made choux cream puffs which is a little more involved than just filling a graham cracker pie crust with pastry cream and piling berries on 

Go, Go, Goji!

Go, Go, Goji!

I was so excited when I saw a goji (Lycium chinense or Lycium barbarum) plant for sale at my local nursery, ladened with fruit. The first time I tried it, after the initial burst of sweetness, it became so bitter I spat it out, and 

Honeyberry, I’m Home!

Honeyberry, I’m Home!

Haskaps, or Honeyberry, or Edible Honeysuckle (lonicera caerulea) is part of the honeysuckle family (and not all honeysuckles are edible) that produces fruit very similar to blueberries. It’s cold hardy as hell (some are hardy all the way to zone 2!) and unlike blueberries, tolerate 

Lucy Goosey Gooseberry

Lucy Goosey Gooseberry

I was always curious about the taste of gooseberries (ribes uva-crispa syn. ribes grossularia) but had never had the opportunity to try one. It seem financially irresponsible to buy a pie or a jar of jam of something that I wasn’t sure I’d like (and