View the print-ready version of this recipe. Perfect for a spring evening, this strawberry rhubarb crisp is one of the easiest and best desserts I know. Serve it warm from the oven topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Leftovers are also delicious with your morning coffee, too. Heads up: while fruit desserts like…
Getting Out of a Rhubarb Rut: Sweet and Savory Ideas for Using Up Those Sour Stalks
There are those seasonal garden foods that come at you all of a sudden, and then you’re faced with a mountain of something raising fruit flies on your counter or still in the dirt contemplating its future as compost. This time of year, we’re looking at you, rhubarb people! I shared my recipe for rhubarb…
Hold the Sugar—Tart, Juicy Rhubarb Has Tons of Untapped Savory Potential
If you know any rhubarb recipes that call for less than a cup of sugar, you are a statistical anomaly. It’s understandable, given the culinary perfection made possible by the combination of rhubarb and strawberries—with or without pie crust. The tart, juicy stalk of the rhubarb plant creates such an indisputably glorious flavor in concert…
What Is Rhubarb?
Mention rhubarb and one thing springs to mind: dessert. Every year, rhubarb appears everywhere, from pies to jams to chutneys. But what is rhubarb? What Is Rhubarb and How Does It Taste? First of all, rhubarb is a vegetable. At first blush, rhubarb is seemingly one of the few vegetables that’s primarily used in sweeter preparations…
Strawberry Rhubarb Hand Pies
If you’re planning a picnic with the family, the last thing you want is to be weighed down with tons of utensils and heavy dishes. That’s why incredible sandwiches are such an eat-in-the-park classic. If you don’t want to worry about packing extra forks and knives when you can just use your hands. That’s why these strawberry…
Rhubarb Compote: A Taste Memory, Updated
Growing up in Los Angeles, I couldn’t wait to go to Knott’s Berry Farm for a fun family day. But I really couldn’t wait for our early dinners. Picture a big plate of fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, and cherry rhubarb sauce. The rhubarb was so unexpected and delicious. I’ve made rhubarb pies and…
Pure Rhubarb Jam Is the Best Way to Stretch the Season
Growing up in a small town in the Midwest, we neighbor kids were quite familiar with the odd celery-like stalk with an enormous leaf at the end of it. Rhubarb lined one side of a neighbor’s house like decorative landscaping. We’d break off a shaft of it and dip it in a cup of sugar…
A Not-So-Classic Crème Brûlée
Rhubarb and rosemary are surprising bedfellows in this crème brûlée. Upright stalks of brilliantly hued rhubarb are always the first to arrive in the spring produce parade. Rhubarb’s natural astringency may overwhelm at first bite, but with a little sugar and fruit, its tartness is successfully tamed. For this dessert, however, I chose not to…
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