Saturday, March 15, 2008

Plant Collecting for "Ceanothus" & Dinner for Two

We went with Melissa on a botany exploration at Coyote Overlook. Erin and Melissa recently co-founded Ceanothus...and were collecting plants for a workshop at the UC Davis herbarium.

Hyland's beautiful plant photos.
Senecio vulgaris.

Ceanothus cuneatus.

Calochortus monophyllus.

For dinner, we made sauteed ginger greens and soba in miso broth.

And a pear pie for dessert! We essentially combined two recipes: Erin's mother's (Sunset Magazine) and Hyland's Nana's (Meta Given's Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking)...with a bit of improvising on our own (such as using spelt crust and agar).

Sooooo good! Pear pie is our favorite!

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