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Honey The essence of life
Katz Meyer Lemon Olive Oil
Time to Order Parmigiano-Reggiano
one of the very finest!
balsamic vinegars!
pickled green beans
crunchy, tasty, spicy too!
tuna!
as do mar tuna in olive oil!
mustard!
time to check your pantry, mustard empty?
hardneck garlic
garlic is beautiful and may fend off mosquitos
organic italian pasta
Kamut Rigatoni!
escargot
shells too!
pomegranate
from marinades, roasts, dips, stir fries, ice-cream, cocktails, and your soup too, it's a great versatile ingredient.
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Time for Honey!
The Importance of Honey in History and Diet
Directly connected together in history, honey has played an important role in religion, and as a key food source for health and nutrition.
Symbolically, honey has represented life itself. Where there has been oppression and conflict, there can be prosperity and sweetness.
Honey is made of the supreme essence of life, bringing poets the gift of sweet speech, for Kama (Indian god of love) & Eros (Greek god of love) whose arrows of love are sweet (honey) and painful (stinger). The perfection of sweetness is used to send away the evil spirits and ensure a happy life.
Eating a sweet apple with honey symbolizes the garden of Eden (Spiritual) and the hope that the “perfection of sweetness” will bring a sweet year.
Honey has been used thru time for health and well being, and as a medicinal cure: Used for hiccups, cough, thirst, phlegm, asthma, obesity, diabetes, and eye infections. And if you happen to get leprosy and worm infestations. More likely you might use honey as a salve for wounds. And beyond food, honey has been a key ingredient in cement, varnishes, and wood finishes.
Honey, as you can see, is an amazing essential element of life. To read more about honey, Eliza has posted a series of articles on our blog about
What’s in Your Honey,
Where Your Honey Comes From,
What Honey Can Do For You,
and more.
Click here to read them all!
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Meyer Lemon Olive Oil!
What a wonderful oil!
I remember the little Meyer lemons my Mom had in her garden in Pacific Grove. Tiny, they were like candy when you picked them off the tree. You could pop them in your mouth so easily and each one was sweet with a twist of tang. Each was different, some would curl your eye lids up from the tart (acid) bite, but all would have a unique sweetness like a tangerine! Their thin skins made them easy to eat like a candy treat.
First brought to the US by a man named Meyer from China. Believed, in the West, to be a cross of lemon and another, sweeter citrus like Mandarin, it could also actually be a different “lemon”. Known as guo chan (home-grown) ningmeng (lemon) in China, it is grown often as an ornamental tree. Lemons are not a common ingredient in Chinese cuisine and thus not in demand.
But you can find "Meyer" lemons in the markets in China and California. Its thin skin keeps it from traveling too far. Its unique flavor makes it a really special ingredient.
With their subtle sharpness, their soft lemony snippets come through in this Katz Meyer Lemon Olive oil. When crushed together the olives and the whole lemon are married in a bond like the very best relationship in all the food world.
It is the lemons tart thin skinned peel that I think makes your buds experience a taste and feel that is different from the mouth to the soul. Drizzle or pour, it can change a grilled fresh Alaskan Salmon, a Reed Avocado, or a plate of pasta with capers.
Soft and yet strong this
Meyer Lemon olive oil is the bomb!
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Not all cheese are the same
Parmigiano-Reggiano!
Summer is almost over! And the cows are getting ready to forage the fall harvest. 3 years ago these cows were enjoying the late summer grasses and producing milk of the summer.
And in these
wheels of cheese is the sweet summer creating a wonderful flavor-filled cheese, with tyrosine crunchy crystals. Aged to perfection, summer is wonderful cheese!
This cheese comes from a mountain farm located near the small village of Tizzano Val Perma in the Apennine Mountains.
It is one of the mountain cheese houses. The milk for their cheese production comes from 15 different local dairies all located within 30 kilometers of the cheese house.
The owner of the cheese house, Giovanni, says that the cows from which the milk is harvested are 50% Bruna Alpina cows, and 50% Frisona -- with a few Vacche Rossa and Montbeillards thrown in. The average life span of the cows is 8-10 years, which is a good indication that the cows are not pushed for maximum milk production. All reflecting well on the final results.
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Meyer Lemon Olive Oil!
What a wonderful smell! The first whiff is definitely that of a lemon sweetly interlaced with the nose of a freshly pressed olive oil. This oil will change your life!
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