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One Local Summer, Rainier cherry edition

I had been on the hunt for Rainier cherries ever since Ramona reported buying them the weekend I was out of town. I hadn’t realized they were grown on this coast. I finally spotted some at the West End market last Sunday and snatched them up — only to discover another farmer had them cheaper. [...]

Chive Blossoms, Revisited

I had a lingering bunch of chive blossoms to use up this past weekend, so they went in our first “One Local Summer” Sunday brunch (more on that later).
Recipe: Chive Blossom Baked Eggs

Ingredients

3-4 chive blossoms, individual flowers plucked from stem
4 eggs
1 c milk
2 sausage links (used Sweet Virginia sausage)
1/2 c cheese (used mozzarella)
salt + pepper

Instructions
Crumble [...]

At Market: Spring Asparagus-Chive Quiche

While our neighborhood farmers market is great for the basics (fruits and veggies, salad greens, mushrooms, cheese & yogurt, baked goods and meat), we don’t get the more adventurous offerings of a larger market. When rhubarb was absent yet again this week, it was the last straw and I ventured all the way into the [...]