Comments on: “Found” Fig Compote (And A New Tree of Knowledge)

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 19:12:50 +0000

Hi Lee, I SO agree with you that figs are a gift from above–so it feels like heaven to have arrived in a neighborhood where there are several fig trees! I love you phrase “fickle mercies” with regard to finding them in the stores. I resort to that (and pay the requisite millions) when necessary, especially as fall approaches. I just need to have my figs! 🙂 You made me laugh about Eve being framed. The biblical tree of knowledge may not have had figs on it, but E and A sure knew to grab the leaves from it when they were “caught.” (I just edited my blog post to reflect that.) Thanks for being a fellow-sister fig lover!! 🙂

By: Lee at Veggie Quest

Lee at Veggie Quest — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 16:59:26 +0000

Hi Maria, fresh figs are a gift from above–I’m delighted you have a fig tree so close to you! When I lived in North Carolina, a friend had one in her yard, and eating from it was pure bliss. As it stands now, I have to depend on the fickle mercies of the farmer’s market and Whole Foods.

Also, I like your theory that maybe the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden wasn’t an apple tree at all, but a fig tree. Although I still can’t help but believe that Eve was framed… 😉

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 22:11:55 +0000

Thank you Gena! I am thrilled you find this simple recipe so appealing, that it’s one both you and Steven will enjoy. I so agree, figs are absolutely ambrosial! And it also makes me very happy that I succeeded in helping you hear the poetry in my new surroundings all the way in NYC–that’s the best ever. 🙂

By: Gena

Gena — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 19:18:27 +0000

As always, this is just too beautiful, Maria. I love the recipe–I think for me, this will be spread onto toast or spooned onto hot oatmeal or quinoa in the morning. Steven will eat it on ice cream. We’ll both love it, because figs are ambrosia indeed!

It’s also great to hear you evoke so much of your new neighborhood in this post–I can hear the poetry of your surroundings all the way here in NYC! xo

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 17:29:11 +0000

HI Veronica! Oh, I’m the type that will spend a million dollars on figs when I find them, I love them so much. So just “finding” them like this in my neighborhood is a form of heaven for me. I hope your tree kicks in after another season or two. I’d love to have a fig tree. Thanks for passing on the great words about Romeo from your husband! Glad your Mom thought him beautiful. He’s pretty darn hard to resist. 🙂 Thanks, too, for kind words about shooting, and holding good thoughts. Much appreciated. xoxo

By: Veronica

Veronica — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 15:54:50 +0000

We have a small fig tree, but alas, it looks like we might only get 2 figs out of it this year… It’s been so dry, and though I’ve watered, probably not regularly enough. Perhaps next year! But we are seeing delicious & plentiful figs at the market, so perhaps I’ll get a pint or two of those. 🙂
My mom was visiting over the weekend, and somehow dogs came up in conversation, and my husband was all, “you should see Maria’s dog, seems pretty perfect.” She had never heard of a silken wolfhound (neither had I until Romeo!), and thought he was beautiful. And your description of his temperament makes him even more so.
I’m sorry to hear about another shooting. It is good that your community is banding together to try to figure out a solution to make the area safer. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you.

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 20:44:52 +0000

Thank you Gloria! Yes, my neighborhood walks are filled with wonder, and I feel very lucky to have landed in this neighborhood, challenges and all.

By: Gloria

Gloria — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 18:40:59 +0000

Your Fig compote sounds delicious, and your neighborhood walk sounds wonderful (despite the shooting).