Ingredients and equipment -- Spring -- Rhubarb -- Vanilla roasted rhubarb -- Rhubarb-ginger sorbet -- Straight rhubarb pie -- Rhubarb fool -- Strawberries -- Strawberry pavlova -- Strawberry and lime mascarpone cake -- Strawberry-coconut sorbet -- Roasted strawberry ice cream -- Summer -- Cherries -- Cherry hand pies -- Smoky bing cherries in port with bittersweet chocolate -- Sour cherry compote -- White chocolate mousse with poached sweet cherries -- Raspberries -- Port sabayon with fresh raspberries -- Raspberry and lemon balm shortcake -- Raspberry custard tart -- Deep dark chocolate cake with raspberry-orange compote -- Blueberries -- Classic lattice blueberry pie -- Blueberry and lemon curd tart -- Blueberry cinnamon crépes -- Poached blueberries with vanilla bean and anise -- Blackberries, marionberries, and tayberries -- Marionberry crostata with whole grain crust -- Bittersweet chocolate tart with blackberries and basil -- Vanilla bean layer cake with glazed summer fruit (note about variety fruit) -- Pain perdu with assorted berries and grand marnier -- Apricots -- Grilled apricots with maple-tamari glaze -- Apricot and walnut streusel bars -- Apricot clafoutis -- Poached apricots in sauternes -- Peaches and nectarines -- Peaches and nectarines sautéed with thyme -- Roasted peach bread pudding -- Peach mousse -- Peach-leaf ratafia sabayon with poached peaches -- Autumn -- Plums and pluots -- Simple stewed plums and pluots -- Fromage blanc cheesecake with brown butter braised plums -- Plum-ginger phyllo purses with honey-cardamom syrup -- Plum-lavender crisp -- Apples and quince -- Rosemary apples in crépes with rum caramel -- Cider-braised apples with warm winter spices -- Brandied apple pie -- Caramel-apple upside down cake with spelt and rye flours -- Pears -- Burgundy-poached pears with mulled spice wine syrup -- Maple and pear panna cotta -- Pear and fig pie -- Red wine-poached pear sorbet -- Winter -- Cranberries -- Mom's cranberry and walnut pie -- Cranberry-apple tarte tatin -- Cranberry and bay upside down cake -- Citrus -- Blood orange and cardamom sandwich shortbread -- Orange rosemary brittle -- Almond cake with warm citrus and thyme -- Lemon-buttermilk sherbet -- Orange and rye madeleines -- Dried fruits -- Cheese souffl¿s with fig and quince -- Grandma's dark holiday fruit cake -- Apricot and almond scones.