In my experience, people fall into one of two categories when it comes to garlic scapes, either they love them – or they don’t know what to do with them. Those in the latter category are certainly not alone, and understandably so.  Garlic scapes are elusive, their time with us is brief.  Unless you grow garlic yourself, or frequent a farmers’ market, chances are you’ve never seen them before. If you are fortunate to have access to these beautiful green tendrils, and don’t quite know what to do with them, read on!

“She wanted only her own strawberry farm, the fragrance of the fields and the cedar trees, and to live simply in this place forever.”  – David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars There’s something about standing in the middle of a field of strawberries.  There, the air is different; heavy with a sweet sugary perfume that can only come from berries warmed long by the sun.  It’s a simple pleasure to fill a basket with berries picked fresh off the vine. It’s equally as satisfying to take those sweet berries home and make homemade jam.