Anna Sofia Designs

Golden Raspberries

Golden raspberries.  Excuse me while I swoon with pure color bliss.

I'd seen these before, but they were more of a faint golden yellow. This color is melon, peach, apricot, and gold mixed into one.  

And the berries are spectacularly sweet.  Delicious peachy golden goodness.  Have you tried these before?  Sample some and see what you think.  

Zucchini Colorway

I'm loving the two shades of green with the yellow zucchini. I think I need to make some paper earrings or something with this color combination. Either with Lokta paper or Unryu paper or both.

I see the word colorway a lot on design blogs. It's kind of fancy to me, I don't know why. Anyway, I just learned what it meant by looking it up in the dictionary. 

I knew it had to do with colors obviously, and some combination of colors. But I didn't know if there were certain qualifications to make something eligible to be part of a colorway. Not that I'm worried about the colorway police. ;)  

These zucchini are deeming themselves colorway-worthy and that's that.

Here we have zucchini, plus young cabbage and young broccoli (also from the farmer's market).  I saw the cabbage and got inspired to make Martha's Classic Minestrone.  Haven't made that in a while. It's yum.  There's also a companion to the recipe with ideas for different veggies, beans, etc.

Happy Monday!

Tasty

Salad with baby pickling cukes and red leaf lettuce, and a bowl of peaches, from local farms. Everything tastes greener and fresher and extra delicious when it's grown close by. 

Avocado and chopped dill.

Cream of Leek-Potato soup. Leeks and potatoes are the best of friends. They make such good soup together.

San Francisco bread toasted with butter. The crust was crisp, the inside chewy and sourdough-good. Baked by the lovely people at Berkshire Mountain Bakery. 

Butter melting into crusty, fresh-baked bread is a beautiful sight. I hope you enjoy some tasty food today.

The Strawberry That Thought It Was A Butterfly

Big beautiful strawberries in a (balsa wood?) carton. 

Grown in Vermont, bought at a favorite local farm, eaten with a chorus of yums. Super delicious and natural and sweet. 

I like this one the best.  

Afternoon Cherries

Tart cherries in bamboo bowl. 

Shades of tangy, delicious red.

Wordless Wednesday

My Love List - Part Five: Taste

Homemade strawberry cake with fresh whipped cream.

My love list began with inspiration from Operation NICE. I decided to break my list into five parts, based on the five senses. Things I love to listen to, look at, feel, and smell. Which brings me to taste:

I love the taste of a ripe, orange mango. I love the taste of fresh limeade. I love the golden, crispy skin of a Thanksgiving turkey. I love Concord grapes. I love Greek salad.

I love the layers of flavor in fresh pico de gallo - tomato, onion, cilantro, jalepeno, lime juice. I love cannoli, with sweet, creamy ricotta cheese, and a dusting of powdered sugar on the shell. I love a slowly simmered beef brisket. I love a BLT, toasted. I love peppermint tea with milk and honey.

I love Baba Louie's pizza, with mushrooms and roasted garlic. I love warm apple pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

I love... Pumpkin bread. Popovers. Panini. Pomegranates. Fresh tomato, basil and mozarella. Roasted veggies with olive oil. Lasagna. Blackberries. Blintzes. And so many more.

I love having tastebuds.

What are some of your favorite yummies?

Caramel Apple Bliss

I love the color of caramel.  And these?  Sweet chewiness hugging tart crisp apples.  Wow.  Just wow. So worth the wait.  Speaking of the gorgeousness that is caramel, the new bracelet is almost done.  I'll post some pics soon.