Category: Botanicals – Yvonne Cornell

Julia Child's Favorite Aromatic

May 26, 2017 · Botanicals, Aperitifs, Salt+Spice, Herbs+Roots

I was privileged to share an exclusive release of the Filoli Gentlemen’s Orchard Cider Vinegar© recipe with Edible Silicon Valley readers in January. Now I'm sharing it here with you too. The Filoli…

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What is your Why?

January 25, 2016 · Musings, Vintage, Cakes+Crumbs, Art+Nature, Botanicals, Citrus, Oh Nuts!, Salt+Spice

(recipe for the featured Pizza Cioccolato is at the end of this post.) The turning over of a new year begets a seasonal soul searching. What is my direction? Where are my passions taking me? What…

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A Trio

November 6, 2015 · Musings, Botanicals, Art+Nature

Three is my favorite number. It's an odd number that creates a perfectly even balance. A trifecta, a trio, a trilogy. Metamorphosis © Yvonne Cornell, 2012 Originally posted as Botanical…

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The Green River & Pineapple Upside Down Cake

July 13, 2015 · Cakes+Crumbs, Foragings, Art+Nature, Botanicals

Five days and four nights on the Green River in the Desolation Canyon of Utah is a superb antidote to civilization and a refreshing reminder that "on the river, there are no problems, only…

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The Elder's Gifts

May 18, 2015 · Floral, Foragings, Cakes+Crumbs, Botanicals, Sugar+Eggs

Once upon a time, the Elder Tree was considered sacred, inhabited and protected by a female spirit named the Elder Mother, and the tree's gifts were regarded as her blessings. Today's recipe honors…

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Edible Wild Urban Foods

May 13, 2015 · Foragings, Berries+Drupes, Botanicals

Kevin Feinstein leads Wild Food Walks in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and surrounding areas. Originally from Tennessee, Kevin grew up with the standard American diet and lifestyle, never having…

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Revival

December 30, 2013 · Art+Nature, Botanicals, Musings

[caption id="attachment_1253" align="alignnone" width="820"] Teasel Forest © Yvonne Cornell, 2013[/caption] Botanical Inspiration Day #30: A brand spankin' new year lays dormant, deep under layers…

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Authenticity

December 29, 2013 · Musings, Art+Nature, Botanicals

[caption id="attachment_3145" align="alignnone" width="820"] Becoming Real © Yvonne Cornell 2013[/caption] Botanical Inspiration Day #29: Winter leaves, dried and decayed, Brugmansia "The Angel's…

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Tenacity

December 28, 2013 · Art+Nature, Musings, Botanicals

Botanical Inspiration Day #28: The tenacity of Juniperus occidentalis australis or The Sierra Juniper. Elfin woods are trees that survive on poor soil in the subalpine zone above tree line. They…

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