Figs with Bri Blog

Oven Roasted Heirloom Tomatoes

The other day I spent some time surfing other foodies’ blogs and found a wonderful recipe for roasted heirloom tomatoes on Amanda Darrach Filippone’s site

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Hosui Organic Asian Pears

At the Sebastopol farmers market, several vendors were selling Hosui, or Asian Pears. I usually find them to be disappointingly dry and gritty. But an

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La Dolce V Fine Chocolates

About 10 minutes from us, is the cute bohemian town of Sebastopol. Sebastopol is friendly and very community minded. I kept noticing a little chocolate

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Three Sisters Enchi-lasagne

The Three Sisters of Native North America are corn, beans and squash. Together, they make a complete protein, and are perfect companion plants. According to

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Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes

At Wednesday’s Santa Rosa farmers market, I picked up these gorgeous sun gold tomatoes. I usually go for heirloom varieties, and these are a hybrid,

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Broiled Summer Eggplant

Two summers ago my husband Marc and I had our first experience of homemade melt-in-your-mouth-amazing broiled eggplant. I was working for a small organic farm

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Dinner at Barn Diva

My generous aunt and uncle treated us to dinner at Healdsburg’s Barn Diva in the heart of the Sonoma County wine country. Healdsburg has a

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Beautiful Broiled Summer Squash

This summer, our farmer’s market has produced particularly perfect summer squash. My recent favorites have been Romanesco, Zephyr, and Eight Ball. Romanescos are a long

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