The Flexitarian Cook

What do you do when you’ve got many pounds of plums, and you’ve already made jam, ice cream, butter and barbecue sauce? You ask around, and if you’re lucky, somebody makes a brilliant suggestion. Our cousin Stacy, who lives in England, mentioned that she had made damson gin in the past, and wondered if the [...]

If it’s July, it’s got to be plum. Lots of them. You might actually call it a bumper crop; not quite as bumper-y as the one from 2010, which yielded about 60 lbs for the 1 (one) plum tree in our yard, but still. I’m not exactly sure which variety they are, but they are [...]