🎶 I Love a Pear-ade 🎶

It’s a milestone — blog post #200! If you’ve been following along here for a while, you may recall that every year around the holidays I make one or more recipes with pears. My late father used to send us Harry & David pears every year, and it is a happy memory when I receive a box from the machetunim (a Yiddish word for the in-laws of one’s child, i.e., my son’s wife’s parents).

This year I made so many pear recipes, and I can still hear how my father might sing the line. “I love a parade,” a fitting title here!

So here is a photo gallery of ten things I made with pears. If you want more details about any of them, drop me an email!

From top left: pear & almond financiers; pear, caramelized onion & blue cheese focaccia with arugula and balsamic; pear & pistachio rugelach; salad with radicchio & arugula, pears, blue cheese & croutons; roast duck with perry gravy, pears & gribenes; coffee flavored pound cake with pear and hazelnuts; pear fruit leather; mini quiche with pear, prosciutto & blue cheese; pear tarte tatin; and chocolate tahini banana bread with pears.