Raspberry Crumble
A bumper harvest from two raspberry canes becomes a raspberry crumble tart, savoured before I leave this garden behind.
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Red Currant Jam
With less than two weeks before our move to Grenoble, I'm using up last year's frozen red currant harvest — turning it into a jar of tangy, less-sweet red currant…
Renting out My House in France
Counting down to our move to Grenoble, we put our house in France up for rent, worried the agent's price was too high — until five visits and a coup…
Wild Strawberries from the Garden
This year I skipped the spring planting, knowing I'd be gone before harvest. But the garden had one last gift waiting: a small, precious crop of wild strawberries.
Strawberry Fest
A later-than-usual strawberry harvest turns into three desserts — tart, cake, and jam — with a few kitchen mishaps along the way.