Comments on: Figs, Glorious Figs

By: JoAnn Freda

JoAnn Freda — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:24:28 +0000

Love the title and concept of your blog. For years I have made margin notes in my cookbooks next to most of the recipes I made. I usually give it a quick review, say who liked or didn’t like it and note changes in the recipe. The worst review a recipe can get is “one timer.” Nowadays, I use more recipes from the internet than my cookbooks but my family still loves to read our margin notes.

By: lmc

lmc — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:38:51 +0000

I love figs! my favorite is to score the with an X across the top the put top-down on the grill for about a minute any then drop a piece of chevre or gorgonzola inside.

your dish is lovely too!

By: xtine

xtine — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:29:58 +0000

this makes me miss my fig tree terribly. i used to make this constantly, and it is indeed great.

i have been on a walnut bread baking spree lately – crusty wheat bread with walnuts & dried cherries. i have been topping it with cream cheese & rose jam, but roquefort and figs or fig preserves sounds fantastic.

By: Casey Ellis

Casey Ellis — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:02:51 +0000

maybe a few toasted pine nuts, just a bit of crunch

adorable about the cherries. I knew them as Queen Anne cherries when I was young–but never had them fresh, only from a squat glass jar. loved them.
the season out here has been underway for a while and they are wonderful.

By: kayo

kayo — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:53:34 +0000

Oh those are gorgeous. I love figs madly. Remember the movie Women in Love? I always feel a little naughty. And who is naughtier than Nigella? Perfecto.

By: marjorie

marjorie — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:40:40 +0000

i’m fine with the rosewater and orange-flower water (i live right near an indian grocery and spice market and i bet they have ‘em) but can i dispense with the killer pistachios?

figs in general: drool.

cute non-fig related thing — the street carts here have rainier cherries for a couple of weeks, starting, like, now. josie had a friend over yesterday who’d never seen a white cherry before. she was GOBSMACKED. i finally got her to taste one and she went nuts. it was the cutest thing ever. she kept warning josie and maxie to help themselves before she ate the whole bowl– she was powerless in the face of her addiction. she shyly told me: “when my dad comes to get me, will you tell him that i like these? “