CELEBRATING THE SEASONS

A collection of posts about how eating with the seasons will have you eating better, celebrating the season, and will help lower your carbon footprint.

Best Homemade Coffee Ice Cream Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
May 24, 2023May 28, 2023

This recipe makes the best homemade coffee ice cream – exceptionally creamy with a smooth coffee flavor – and it’s so easy!

Best Bialy Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
April 15, 2023April 16, 2023

Best Bialy Recipe – the easiest to make, and also the best tasting.

Best Homemade Stracciatella Ice Cream Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
April 14, 2023May 24, 2023

Inspired by the popular Italian gelato flavor, we created the best homemade stracciatella ice cream recipe that is elegant and sophisticated, using French vanilla ice cream and shavings of the best French chocolate.

Czech Easter Bread Recipe – Mazanec

by Lisa LeCoump
April 5, 2023April 11, 2023

Try the best Czech Easter Bread recipe! Follow these simple steps for a delicious and traditional treat. Perfect for the holiday season!

Best Recipes with Maple Syrup

by Lisa LeCoump
March 10, 2023April 11, 2023

Our best recipes with maple syrup – These recipes feature the best ways to take advantage of the unique flavor and properties of maple syrup.

Prickly Pear Ice Cream Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
March 5, 2023March 31, 2023

This recipe for prickly pear ice cream makes a luscious, creamy ice cream made with tequila and ribbons of prickly pear preserves.

Best Saint Patrick’s Day Recipes

by Lisa LeCoump
February 4, 2023March 8, 2023

The best recipes for celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day – delicious, healthy and authentic – from our Irish heritage.

Tang Cu Pai Gu Recipe – Chinese Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs

by Lisa LeCoump
January 19, 2023March 31, 2023

A popular appetizer in China, sweet-and-sour spare ribs, or tang cu pai gu recipe is not difficult to make, and is incredible with the right ingredients. This is our best recipe for that famous dish.

Best Marinated Cheese Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
January 18, 2023April 18, 2023

This recipe for the best marinated cheese works well for two reasons. Marinating the cheese can add flavors, enhancing the cheese and it can keep the cheese fresh for months.

Best Lemon Cheesecake Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
December 15, 2022April 18, 2023

This recipe for making a lemon cheesecake is very simple. But there are so few ingredients that making the best cheesecake is all about using the very best ingredients.

“While traveling the world and looking for the best ingredients, we found that many producers who care about quality also care about sustainability. We discovered that by choosing the best ingredients we had reduced our carbon footprint. A few more changes, and we cut our carbon footprint in half! Then we realized that if everyone did this, it would have a big effect on climate change. Little changes add up to something big. Little things matter. We could save the world, one cookie at a time.”

Professional Photographer - Food Photographer, Wedding Photographer. Lisa was previously the Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, responsible for reviewing and enforcing organic regulations and Environmental Protection Agency pesticide use regulations. She also worked for years as an Agricultural Advisor in California, a farmer in California, and an Agricultural Extension Agent in Thailand. She received a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from California State University, Chico and studied Integrated Pest Management at U.C., Davis, which involved farming methods that preserve the environment.