Category Archives: Fruit

Peach Ice Cream

Posted on September 21, 2020 by cookinginsens

I adore fruit ice creams and frozen yogurts. Back in the day peach ice cream had peaches in it, in fact, fruit ice creams had fruit in them, not some approximate, imitation color and flavor of the fruit. Ice cream … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Dessert, Food and Wine, Fruit, Recipes | Tagged cooking, easy, food, food photography, ice cream, peaches, recipe | 5 Comments

Farmers’ Market Peach Cobbler

Posted on September 3, 2020 by cookinginsens

My neighbor offered to get peaches from the farmers’ market near her 2nd home in Northern Pennsylvania, which was fortuitous because I wanted to make a peach cobbler. The easiest way I found to peel peaches is to soak them … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Dessert, Food and Wine, Fruit, Recipes | Tagged cobbler, cooking, dessert, food, food photography, fruit, peaches, recipe | 4 Comments

Cherry Cobbler

Posted on June 27, 2020 by cookinginsens

I was inspired to make this cherry cobbler by my husband’s lovely roses from his garden and Jo cooks. As you may know, I rarely make dessert but have made cobblers before because they’re easy and forgive the baker’s disinterest … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Dessert, Food and Wine, Fruit, Recipes | Tagged cherries, cobbler, cooking, dessert, food, food photography, fruit, recipe, Southern | 5 Comments

Caramelized Fig Tarte Tatin

Posted on October 19, 2019 by cookinginsens

It’s fig season and my friend Veronique gave me a load of figs from her neighbor’s tree. So many things to make with figs; magret carnard, pork roasts, etc. Although my husband was not enthusiastic about my proposed fig tarte, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Dessert, Food and Wine, French, Fruit, Recipes | Tagged cooking, dessert, Emile Henry, figs, food, food photography, French, recipe, tarte tatin | 15 Comments

Peach Cobbler

Posted on October 25, 2017 by cookinginsens

My husband, in general, is a good man. Anyway, for 41 years he’s been a good friend, husband and companion. He doesn’t talk much but has the grace and patience to look interested when I’m talking 🙂 He has sent … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Dessert, Food and Wine, Fruit, Recipes | Tagged cobbler, cooking, dessert, food, food photography, Georgia, peach, recipe, Southern | 10 Comments

Les Cerises de Pascal

Posted on June 28, 2017 by cookinginsens

Pascal is a maraîcher or truck gardener, mainly supplying lettuce and cabbage to the sellers in the farmers’ market and local supermarkets. I think of him as the lettuce man and he is also the petit chouchou of my friend … Continue reading →

Posted in Dessert, Food and Wine, French, Fruit | Tagged cherries, cooking, dessert, food, fruit, ice cream | 7 Comments

Succulent Pork Roast with Apples and Onions

Posted on March 4, 2016 by cookinginsens

I had to empty out my old, stainless steel refrigerator in preparation for the arrival of the new, white refrigerator. Though tedious, it gave me a chance to find out exactly what I had in the freezer. While most of the frozen … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Fruit, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged apples, cooking, food, food photography, herbs, onions, oregano, pork roast, recipe, thyme | 14 Comments

Autumn Leaves

Posted on October 12, 2015 by cookinginsens

The autumn leaves in France don’t have that brash, unrealistic, American defiance of death look. That “we’ll be back!” shout of color found mostly on the east coast of the United States. I love the season and am vaguely sorry I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Food and Wine, Fruit | Tagged America, Fall, food, food photography, fruit, grapefruit | 11 Comments

Strawberry Ice Cream

Posted on September 19, 2015 by cookinginsens

Apparently, I’m not over the homemade ice cream craving and although the strawberry season is well over in France, I found some sweet strawberries from Belgium in the market. My Cuisinart ice cream making machine is so simple to use … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Dessert, Food and Wine, Fruit, Recipes | Tagged cooking, dessert, food, food photography, ice cream, recipe, strawberry | 20 Comments

Mirabelle Ice Cream

Posted on September 10, 2015 by cookinginsens

After M. Parret and I scraped the bottom of the peach ice cream container, we agreed that it tasted like MORE. Although M.Parret had some “vine peaches” in his garden, they weren’t ripe yet and we didn’t want to wait 🙂 … Continue reading →