As it turns out, Winter is one of my (Amelia) favorite seasons for produce.
Yes, Winter, not Summer.
The cold season where everything is supposed to be dead. But everything isn’t dead, and I see that now! Cabbage makes crunchy salads, cauliflower has buttery potential, pomegranates are truly edible gemstones, and my heart dances a little whenever I smell the fragrance of quince or taste a sweet persimmon.
My head can only keep track of so many recipes, and often the ones it forgets are party foods, because I don’t make them as often as the main dishes, sides, salads, and soups that we eat for everyday meals. Even after serving this dip at a couple of parties where people raved about it, it faded from my active recipe mind. Last year, Amelia found it and started making it. She made it often, and I soon I realized it didn’t belong solely to the party food category.