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Mad Manwich -- Spicy Turkey Sloppy Joes People who don’t live in Los Angeles say that we don’t have seasons. The sun is always shining, the grass is always green, it’s always swimming pool weather. That’s not entirely true. We have seasons. In the winter it rains and the world is green. The spring is full of marine layers and fog, studded with purple jacaranda blooms. Summer is hot and dry and brown and ridden with wildfires. In the fall it smells of dirt and the Japanese maple trees in Beverly Hills turn glorious colors and the silkfloss trees burst into glorious pink blooms. We have seasons.

They just don’t change in September. September in Los Angeles just an extension of summer, with less vacation and more traffic. At its worst that means triple digit temperatures, smoke filled skies from wildfires, and faded, stretched out summer clothes that need another month’s wear squeezed out of them. But I like to think of this as a little blessing of Indian summer — sunny mornings warm enough to eat breakfast on the patio, evenings with a light breeze that are the perfect temperature for gin and tonics, tomatoes that continue to ripen on the vine, and summer fruits at the markets. Simple. This cake is the embodiment of late summer simple pleasures. The batter mixes easily by hand — no need to drag out the big mixer or even the little one and is dense and light, moist and crumbly at the same time. It’s a fitting vehicle for the perfect ripe peaches you see in the markets, or if the peaches you’re getting are less than perfect, it’s a terrific disguise. It’s sweet enough to be a lovely dessert after a dinner of late summer corn and tomatoes and meat off the grill, but satisfying enough to be breakfast on those warm patio mornings. And if you need another incentive to try it, this recipe will be featured in Merrill Stubbs and Amanda Hesser’s upcoming crowd sourced cookbook (see how I just threw out that term as if I knew what it means? Yeah, I’m good like that.) as the winner of the best peach recipe contest. Read more about it at Food52.com. It also appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. See? Famous. Famous Simple Summer Peach Cake Serves: 8
Cook time: 60 mins
Total time: 1 hour 10 mins
This recipe was inspired by the summer breakfasts my mom used to make of peaches in milk with sugar and nutmeg.
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