Inspired by Celia at figandlimecordial I am giving all of you a look inside my kitchen near Boston, Massachusetts. For the first scenes, I cheat a little by starting outside in a sunny spot in our back yard. Our growing season inches along most of the spring but has now reached its zenith. The purple basil, parsley and tomatoes keep us in caprese salad until October.
I also recently bought some fresh figs to use as a pizza topping with caramelized onions and prosciutto.
And I gathered the vintage cookbooks and family recipes I’ll be using in future blog posts about recreating apple desserts, a cake made with coffee as an ingredient, and traditional Virginia fare. I’m glad it’s cool enough to use the oven but I hope the frost stays out of the garden for a few more weeks!
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Loving the pizza!
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Thanks! I forgot to put a bit of fresh basil on top…next batch.
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I love your fig pizza Clara, I may just have to try that out for myself. Thanks so much for the tour and welcome to IMK 🙂
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Thanks for the welcome! IMK is a great idea and I look forward to reading what everyone else is doing, too.
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I cannot wait for our figs to ripen on our tree.
Have a super day.
🙂 Mandy xo
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A lady in line behind me at the grocery story suggested trying figs with ricotta cheese and honey. That might be next!
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Sounds fabulous!
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welcome to IMK clara. it is fun isn’t it? I am fairly new to it myself and enjoy it every month. love your produce, and i love old cookbooks. and new ones and any ones really!
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I look forward to reading what you make from your favorite cookbooks. I like to read read cookbooks for fun, too.
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Welcome to IMK! I may have to try that pizza very soon, we have figs ripening on the tree now. Beautiful looking herb garden as well.
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Thanks! Hope you have a bountiful fig harvest.
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Hi Clara. I’m enjoying a look at your homegrown tomatoes, lovely figs, and sweet and savory pizza. I’m also looking forward to seeing your cakes and other Virginia fare from those vintage cookbooks. Have a great weekend!
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Thanks for your interest. We just picked tomatoes and basil for salad tonight. It’s a great time of year for the garden.
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G’day! Thanks for sharing your kitchen this month too!
I am now salivating for pizza…and I will just have to make one today!
Cheers! Joanne
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Thanks from thE northern hemisphere!
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Thanks for playing, Clara! That’s the purpliest purple basil I’ve ever seen! It seems to match so well with those gorgeous figs too! 🙂
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Thanks for starting a friendly, international community!
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