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I'm a little behind in posting my photos here. I made these chocolate fig tartlets for my blog a couple weeks back. Late summer and early fall are high season for figs, which means fat, tender and delicately sweet specimens are in abundance at the market right now. Of all the fruit that comes into season during this time, I can never resist figs.

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More tomatoes, these ones ended up being roasted and marinated with some eggplant, zucchini and marinated in olive oil with garlic and thyme.

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These fresh tomatoes dressed up with garlic and basil topped a creamy polenta. I’m sharing my easy no-fuss method for making polenta over on my blog.

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Mixed berries are macerated in a rosé wine syrup. Sweet but not too much so, this chilled soup is just right served as a light dessert on a hot day or at the end of a rich and elaborate meal. I suggest you serve it chilled with a dollop of honeyed mascarpone cheese or if you’d prefer a scoop of berry sorbet….

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I found myself scrapping the last specks of green off the plate, chasing the delicate little stems around with my fork. Not wanting to miss those evasive slender shoots, I coaxed them onto the tines with my fingers. The vibrant greens wove through the pale fluffy curls of quinoa and salty chunks of feta, their sharp grassy flavor contrasting with the mild-mannered nutty seed….

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