Journal · Page 2
Notes from a Redlands citrus family: the grove, the kitchen, the fragrance and California history.
Marmalade whiskey sour
The classic sour, with a spoon of Eureka or Meyer lemon marmalade doing the work of the simple syrup. How much to use, how to...
Sourdough discard pancakes
What to make with the starter you'd otherwise throw out, starting with overnight buttermilk pancakes finished with marmalade butter instead of maple syrup.
Winter citrus salad
Five citrus varieties that ripen together in a Riverside January, cut two ways and laid over fennel and bitter leaves with a vinaigrette made from...
Breakfast martini
Salvatore Calabrese's gin, lemon and marmalade cocktail from 1996, with the method that keeps it smooth and notes on swapping in a California orange, lemon...
Lemon marmalade hot toddy
A spoonful of lemon marmalade brings the sweetness, the citrus and a little bitter peel to a hot toddy. The recipe, what changes against the...
Marmalade Linzer cookies
The Linzer cookie is a small descendant of a cake first written down in 1653. Fill it with citrus marmalade instead of raspberry jam and...
Marmalade old fashioned
An old fashioned is whiskey, sugar, bitters and water. A bar spoon of orange marmalade covers the sugar and the orange at once, as long...
Sourdough cinnamon rolls with marmalade icing
Twelve sourdough cinnamon rolls raised by a ripe starter, with a thin layer of orange marmalade under the cinnamon sugar and a marmalade icing on...
Baked brie with marmalade
A wheel of brie goes into a 350°F oven cold, rind on, with a layer of marmalade where the jam or honey usually goes. The...
Marmalade thumbprint cookies
Swap the jam in a thumbprint cookie for marmalade and you get a filling with peel in it and a faint bitterness against the butter....
Duck with orange sauce
A classic duck à l'orange sauce starts with caramelized sugar, vinegar and blanched zest. A spoonful of marmalade stands in for all three, so the...
Client gifts under $50, priced with the postage in
A $50 client gift can lose a third of its budget to the post office. Here are gifts sorted by what they cost delivered, using...