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my sour cherries are ripe

June 25, 2015 by vclayton

freshly picked from my front yard…ready to eat or make a pie!!!!

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George Eastman’s house garden in Rochester NY

June 11, 2015 by vclayton

loved the garden, the trellis and the shapes, hundreds of plants and trees, gorgeous place!

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Bushnell’s Basin, NY and the Brighton High School Farmer’s Market

June 7, 2015 by vclayton

A lovely Sunday, walking on the path along the famous Erie Canal and passing the geese and their offspring that make it their home, in Bushnell’s Basin, NY and the Brighton High School Farmer’s Market, my old alma mater

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best pizza in Los Angeles via the ‘Spot’ app for the iPhone

April 16, 2015 by vclayton

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spot/id717960514?ls=1&mt=8

http://www.spot.life

gjelina pizza

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my favorite kale salad

April 15, 2015 by vclayton

1 large bunch young kale

4 Brussels sprouts, thinly sliced

one shallot
1/4 cup toasted pine nuts in oil
1/4 cup good grated pecorino
3 radishes sliced
one Meyer lemon
1 tsp mustard
1/4 cup olive oil
salt
pepper

marinate for one hour, serve

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old and new marries in Los Angeles

April 10, 2015 by vclayton

quietly changing, old and new marries in Los Angeles, a historical district where Sunset and Hollywood abide along with the masses daily perusing the stars in the floor of the sidewalk nearby, the face of the city slowly disappearing and history getting swallowed up by giant hotels and apartment buidlings

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Wolfgang Puck sighting in Santa Monica

April 8, 2015 by vclayton

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dark clouds over santa monica today

April 7, 2015 by vclayton

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Cheese and chard burek

March 24, 2015 by vclayton

Recipe:
Burek or filo dough
Safflower oil
One cup feta

One bunch swiss chard destemmed and chopped

One cup cottage cheese

Two eggs
One leek washed and chopped
Salt and pepper

Mix all the cheeses and the eggs and chard and leek
Place and roll up in five tripled oiled filo sheets
Place seam side down on baking sheet, drizzle with more oil
Slit tops for steam release
Bake for one hour on 375 in middle of oven