Seasoned Eatings

Every day we read blogs from our our fellow bloggers from all over the world. We hear about foods and spices that we have either not heard of in our every day cooking or that we can't find readily. I have discovered a little Italian grocers not far from here that seems to have everything that the others do not. They have all manner of cheese, meat and spices. I found Greek oregano and even corn flour which I had previously been unable to find anywhere at all in our fair city.

Katie from Thyme for Cooking in collaboration with Lindsay at Country Girl City Living came up with a brainwave of an event called Seasoned Eatings. We were given the name and address of a fellow blogger and were instructed to send a spice that is local and we are renowned for, or, a spice that reflects our style of cooking. To use Country Girl City Living's exact words, " Your task is to find one spice, that is either local to your area or is representative of your cooking style". We needed to include a recipe using that spice and then the recipient would blog about it.

This was a perfect event for the holiday season! It was like receiving a Christmas present from a good friend. As luck would have it my partner was Lindsay who had the inspiration to start this event in the first place after visiting the farmers markets of New York City. My "Seasonal Eating" only just arrived today so there is only time to take its photo, but, not enough time to prepare the delicious recipe for "Honey Glazed Pear Upside-Down Cake". I can't wait to try it and it will come in a later post.

Lindsay says that when she discovered this honey at the farmers markets of New York City it gave her the inspiration for the Seasonal Eating event! As she says, "How fun it is to know that it comes from the rooftops of NYC".!!

The recipe for the upside-down cake is a legend at the Gramercy Tavern and is also a star in the restaurant's cookbook!! What a special treat it will be to make this delicious dessert with it's succulent honey and pears. Too bad we had to wait for the "snail mail" to have my parcel arrive or else you would be looking at photos of this luscious dessert right now...and of course I would be savouring every mouthful! Instead I give you a photo of the honey itself and thebeautiful box it came in, with a card and a write up about the honey. There is even a photo of my favourite actor Tom Hanks signing an autograph saying he can't wait to try the roof top honey!

The honey comes from David Graves of "New York City Rooftop Honey". Grave's raw honey is made from beehives kept on twelve New York City rooftops, from the Bronx to the Upper East Side and from Lower Manhattan to Brooklyn. Graves set up his first rooftop beehive at his fathers Chevrolet dealership in 1985. That is just so cool!!

Thank you very much for the beautiful box Lindsay, the interesting articles and the lovely card. Thank you also for making my day with this event. I truly enjoyed participating and I hope that the event continues and becomes an annual thing!