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 Saint Patrick’s Day Recipes

by Lisa LeCoump
February 4, 2023July 12, 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, 2023July 17, 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, 2023July 17, 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, 2022July 17, 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.

Best Margarita Ice Cream Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
December 10, 2022July 17, 2023

This recipe makes the best margarita ice cream – a smooth and decadent tequila ice cream with ribbons of lime and sprinkled with salt. And it’s a quick and easy method.

Best Pecan Pie Filling Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
November 22, 2022August 7, 2023

The best pecan pie filling is made with maple syrup, browned butter and a touch of bourbon.

Best Hazelnut Ice Cream Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
November 16, 2022August 29, 2023

The best hazelnut ice cream recipe inspired by gianduiotto caffe, the Italian chocolate hazelnut flavored dessert we had in Turin, Italy

Best Cassoulet Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
November 15, 2022July 12, 2023

The Best Cassoulet Recipe Made with Pork Shoulder, Duck Confit, Garlic Sausage and topped with Bread crumbs.

Confiture de Lait (Dulce de leche) Recipe in an Instant Pot

by Lisa LeCoump
October 31, 2022July 12, 2023

Using an Instant Pot is a really easy way to make confiture de lait

Best Pumpkin Ice Cream Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
October 21, 2022July 12, 2023

To make the best pumpkin ice cream recipe, start with the best ingredients.

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“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.