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Recipe: Broiled Persimmons with Mascarpone

From Martha Stewart Ingredients 4 ripe persimmons 3 tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice 9 ounces mascarpone cheese 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Method Heat broiler, with rack 6 inches from heat. Slice persimmons in half crosswise. Place halves

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Fruit and News of the Week: November 30th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT  Warren Pear Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA This is Frog Hollow Farm’s signature pear for good reason. Too difficult to grow for most farmers, it’s never caught on commercially but, Farmer Al has never shied away from putting the

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Recipe: Pear Bacon Grilled Cheese

From Real Simple Ingredients 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 tablespoons currant or fig jam 2 slices white sandwich bread 2 slices Cheddar 2 slices cooked bacon 1/4 pear, thinly sliced   Method Melt the butter in a small skillet over

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Farm Focus: Planting Pollenator Habitat at Frog Hollow

As many of you might know, we take supporting beneficial insects very seriously at Frog Hollow. We’ve been working with UC Berkeley Scientist Gordon Frankie for several years now to bolster native bee populations at Frog Hollow. But this work has until now

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Fruit and News of the Week: November 16th

Pear Frangipane Tart

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT  Warren Pears Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA This is Frog Hollow Farm’s signature pear and for good reason. It has a great origin story, discovered by Thomas Oscar Warren growing naturally outside a post office in Hattiesburg, MS. Once

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  • Recipe: Pork Chops with Apples and Onions

    Pork Chops with Apples and Onions
    via Martha Stewart

     
    Ingredients:
    6 bone-in pork chops (loin or shoulder), cut 3/4 inch thick
    Coarse salt and fres…

  • Farm Focus: The Buzz with Bees

    Spring is synonymous with blooming flowers and where there are blooming flowers there are bees! And while most people think  of European honey bees, we  w…

  • Fruit & News of the Week: April 9, 2018

    This Week’s Fruit:
    Minneloa Tangelos
    Twin Girls Farm, Dinuba, CA
    The Tangelo is a cross between a mandarin and grapefruit. Its skin is easy to peel and its f…

  • Recipe: DIY Orange Soda

    Via Food52

    Ingredients:

    4 oranges
    1 lime
    1 cup granulated sugar
    Lemon lime seltzer water

    Method:

    Zest the oranges and the lime and add all o…

  • Farm Focus: Jim Churchill of Churchill-Brenneis Orchard

    Jim of Churchill-Brenneis Orchard, never imagined himself becoming a farmer, though he grew up walking through friends orchards on weekend trips from LA. His pa…