The Orcas Islands fruit rescuer, plus an ode to sour cherries No images? View Online. 07/06/2019 Our Best Weekend Reads At SAVEUR, a holiday weekend means only one thing: more time to cook. And If we’re lucky enough to find Italian plums at the farmers’ market, we’ll be taking a page out of Girl Meets Dirt founder Audra Lawlor’s book and making jam. Writer Beth Graham’s piece takes us to Orcas Island off the coast of Washington state, where Lawlor is producing the most incredible preserves from fruit that would otherwise go to waste. Nestled within a mild, sunny microclimate, the island was once covered with thriving orchards, many of which went long-abandoned. Enter Lawlor: some people leave their corporate jobs to rescue animals; she left Wall Street to rescue Italian plums, pink pearl apples, and Orcas pears. She’s on a mission to save the local fruit trees and jar their bounty, making everything from jams and jellies to fruit pastes and shrubs.
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From: Saveur - Saturday Jul 06, 2019 01:00 pm