Spring Wish List
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by Charlotte Bryant
1h ago
Easter offers the perfect opportunity for a spring refresh. I love serving up a big buffet on a gorgeous table with seasonal flowers and colorful linens to celebrate. My menu stays pretty consistent year to year but I enjoy mixing things up with the decor. Here are a few items I’ve been eyeing lately: We ..read more
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The Best Way to Cook Beans
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by Charlotte Bryant
1y ago
After countless pots of burning beans left unattended on the stovetop, I discovered this simple and somewhat foolproof oven method that requires far less monitoring. Even with my middle-aged brain, no scouring is required and my Le Creuset collection is the better for it. The fresher your dried beans are the less time they need ..read more
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Alisal Ranch Cookout Recap and Orange-Marinated Tri-Tip Chimichurri & Padrón Peppers
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by Charlotte Bryant
1y ago
I wrote this article for the Alisal Ranch Newsletter in honor of my father and my time cooking at the cookout this spring. I thought it would be fitting to share it with you today… Since I was 8 years old, Labor Day weekend meant one thing to our family: Alisal Ranch. If it wasn’t ..read more
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Lush Life Farmer’s Market Tour
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by Charlotte Bryant
2y ago
To Celebrate the Santa Barbara Culinary Experience and the Julia Child Foundation, please join me this Saturday at one of my favorite places in our town—the Santa Barbara Farmers Market—for a stroll and shop to meet some of my favorite farmers. You know I am always growing at home, but still can’t miss a Saturday ..read more
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Lemon Verbena Love
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by Charlotte Bryant
2y ago
Lemon Verbena makes a beautiful addition to the garden for many reasons. It’s a hardy perennial plant, so you can plant it once and harvest it for years, and it often isn’t readily available at the grocery store—it’s even difficult to find at the Farmers Market. Hard to find herbs and veggies are some of ..read more
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Strawberry Season
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by Valerie Rice
2y ago
In the spring and early summer, I’m constantly looking for more ways to utilize our local strawberry production. In addition to my love of tiny Alpine Strawberries, Over the years I’ve managed to come up with quite a few! For a simple dessert, you can never go wrong with Strawberries with Sour Cream & Brown Sugar or a classic chocolate-dipped. This simple Strawberry Coconut Sorbet and my favorite Strawberry Mezcal Margarita are also both included in Lush Life along with this recipe for Seared Halloumi Cheese with Roasted Strawberries & Mint. This fried cheese concoction began as an a ..read more
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Apricot Jam with Lemon Verbena for Father’s Day
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by Valerie Rice
2y ago
I am having waves of dread and trepidation as we approach Father’s Day this year. We lost my dapper, smart, strong father in March. This is news that I have held close to my chest. Owning up to it means it actually happened which I have been reluctant to accept. My dad was vivacious and warm, he had a passion for tradition, family, crossword puzzles, his Basset Hound, fly fishing, golf, and beautiful things. He was my favorite tastemaker; a freshly shaven face sprinkled with cologne, telling you a joke while he poured you a cocktail in his Brooks Brothers jacket and loafers (no socks). He was ..read more
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Lush Life
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by Charlotte Bryant
2y ago
  I can’t believe I am sitting here with this cookbook in my lap. It’s been years in the making and a project that I sometimes doubted would ever come to fruition. The book is dedicated to my family; AJ, Ava, and Lily for standing by with an incredible amount of support and encouragement. I had been nervous that writing a book would take me away from my primary job of being a mom and wife. They said nope, just do it (maybe it was their way of getting rid of me!?) and it meant so much, particularly as every page is filled with recipes from our everyday celebrations and with what I have lea ..read more
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First Bloom
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by Charlotte Bryant
2y ago
With more than 90 roses in the yard (yes, I am obsessed). Here are my go-to tips on growing, caring for and harvesting the most beautiful blooms on the block.   1. Roses are expensive, so I take special care to get them started off right in the garden. My mentor and rosarian  Pat Omweg taught me roses perform best in sandy enriched soil, so when you plant them dig a big hole, and add equal parts a mixture of peat moss, sand and chicken manure to the base and all around the root ball this will set up your roses for success.   2. After you plant the rose cover with a 2 inch ..read more
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Grilled Fava Beans
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by Valerie Rice
2y ago
I plant fava beans in our vegetable garden every winter for a spring harvest. They are not only versatile in a myriad of dishes and taste great, but the plants also help boost nitrogen in the soil, something that the summer tomatoes and other nightshades take with greed. With this current yield, I have been making fava bean mash for crackers, adding them to pasta with arugula pesto, and tossing them into soups (pozoles, I’m looking at you). Did you know you can also eat the greens and the flowers from the stalks of the plant?  Hmm, maybe a fava green salad with blood oranges and walnuts ..read more
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