COCOBEAT

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Blog text about recipe with images” background_layout=”light” _builder_version=”3.0.83″] It was a bit cooler last week, I felt fall is coming near, but hot and dry heat is coming back again in SF Bay Area. The summer is not quite over yet. It means still abundant colorful summer fruits and vegetables are heavenly, lusciously displayed  in the farmers market. I always enjoy all kinds of noodles; rice noodles or wheat (which made with egg or without), Asian style preparation or Italian. Where I was growing up summer was very hot and terribly humid. So eating cold noodles are very common and it is soothing to summer heat particularly for lunch. My favorite one was always buckwheat noodles (soba), but we often made very thin noodles (angel hair) served in a large bowl of ice water

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Blog text about recipe with images” background_layout=”light” _builder_version=”3.0.83″] I haven’t gone to wild strawberry picking but I have been tasted and enjoyed their elegant (subtle) sweetness and mild flavor. However, a friend of great organic farmer Curt and his family have been growing petite strawberries like wild strawberries for many years. His strawberries are normally coming late to the market, around the middle of June and it is now at the best time of their short season. They are very popular among local admires, everyone knows it. So if I am coming late in Sunday morning to the market, they are gone for sure, perhaps till next week. I usually just eat them, or making simple tartlet (small tart with crème fraîche like Savoir people do) or place top on vanilla i