Fall is here

Despite our late Indian Summer days here previously it's finally starting cooling off here and the leaves are turning rapidly. And given today is a holiday, I decided to take a walk around my neighborhood this morning. One reason for my walk this morning was to check the progress of the Trader Joe's they've been building within walking distance of my apartment. Lo and behold, today was the first day that it was open. (See picture above). I raced home to put together some recipes. I've had some star anise which is wholly and distinctly different from anise that we bought it Mexico. I looked up some recipes on google that called for star anise and headed over to buy some goodies. Interestingly enough, google cooking has become its own term and in fact quite a trend for using up ingredients you may have sitting around your house. With that in mind I hope to make some apricot chutney.