“Relishing the Fig”

For the better part of the day,  I have worked on a few new images for Relish  magazine.  The day before yesterday,  they received 5 boxes of figs from the fine fig folks of California!  There were 4 different varieties – Brown Turkey, Sierra, Kadota, and Black Mission. Jill and Candace put together 2 recipes.  I found a recipe in one of my favorite food magazines, Donna Hay, and was compelled to try it!   The recipe to follow:

(recipe from the latest issue of Donna Hay)

Figs & Raspberries with Rose Water syrup:

2 cups of water

1 cup of Caster (superfine) Sugar (found at Whole Foods)

2 tsp of Rose Water (found at Whole Foods or your local international grocery)

1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped

6 figs, halved

1 pound of raspberries

Place the water,sugar,rose water and vanilla bean and seeds in a saucepan over high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low

and simmer for 3-4 minutes. Remove from the heat, add the figs and raspberries and set aside to cool. Serve with ice-cream.

YUM!  It was not only beautiful, but DELICIOUS!

Go to Relishmag.com for more recipes.-Cheers

Road Trip: Tlaquepaque

Road Trip: Last week my wife and I celebrated our 10th anniversary by going back to were it all began ” The Grand Canyon”! This will be the first of couple of post dedicated to this trip.Our first stop was Sedona, AZ. If you have been reading my blog than you have seen this new technique I have been working with. Well we took it on the road for a test drive.

Tlaquepaque, meaning the “best of everything,” Is located in Sedona, Arizona and has some of the the most distinctive Arts & Crafts you will ever see. Designed as a artist community and  patterned after a traditional Mexican Village Tlaquepaque has become a Landmark in Sedona. Here is a new series of images. Enjoy!