Good Mexican food is still not that easy to come by in NYC. For years, I got around this sad culinary situation by working (and eating) in Texas as least once a year. Sadly, this summer marks two years without a trip to Texas, so it’s time to start cooking Mexican for myself again. On…
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Salmorejo- Andalusian Gazpacho (gluten-free or not)
A few years back, I travelled to Seville, Spain with my friend and artistic collaborator Rima Fand. We were doing research for a puppet/music piece that we made together. We will be performing that piece again Febuary 13- March 3, and it has been making me think about our research trip. I took a crazy…
Blueberry Slump with Hazelnut Ricotta Dumplings (Gluten-Free or not)
Soon I will be going to British Columbia to visit my sister and mother. I am looking forward to picking blackberries, eating salmon and making this desert for my family. It makes good use of some very classic BC ingredients. Both blueberries and hazelnuts both grow happily in the pacific northwest. The dumplings were adapted…
Red Remoulade and Some of Its Many Uses
Remoulade is a classic of New Orleans cuisine. It is used to dress up cold boiled shrimp. It is served as a dipping sauce for all manner of fried seafood. It is dolloped on top of fried tomatoes. It shows up in many different forms, ranging from a mildly savoury sauce based on homemade mayonnaise,…
A Cooling Salad with Radish, Fennel, Celery and Hazelnuts
I started eating this salad a few months ago and I have not been able to stop. It is a terrific spring time salad because it uses all the brave and tough little vegetable that you can find at the end of winter. I have continued to enjoy it as a summer salad also,…
Broiled Stone Fruit
I have been buying a lot of nectarines and apricots lately. I love the smell of nectarines and apricots remind me of all kinds of delicious summer deserts that my Aunty Mona used to make with the fruit from her trees. I would buy peaches too, but the ones that I can get in NYC…
Cold Raspberry and Beet Borscht
I make this soup every five years or so. Every time I make it, I am hit with a little bit of anxiety about half way through. I have the following little conversation with myself … Me: Is this really going to taste good? Me: I remember it tasting good last time. Me: But this flavour…
TomatoTart! Tomato Pie! Tomato Cobbler! (all gluten-free or not)
I used to make tomato pie from More Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin, which (along with Home Cooking) is one of my favourite books. Tomato Pie the epitome of summer comfort food…tomatoes baked with cheese, herbs and a bit of home-made mayonaisse in the most delicious biscuit crust. I tweaked the recipe over the years to…
Cold Cucumber Soup with Dill and Sesame
When I was little and I would go to stay with my biological father for the weekend, he would always give a long English cucumber. I was responsible for not loosing my cucumber or getting it too dirty to eat and also for feeding myself when I got hungry. It was a pretty ingenious idea…
Shrimp in Aromatic Tomato Sauce
This simple, delicious dish requires curry leaves. You can find them fresh in Indian grocery stores (buy a bunch and freeze them for later!). You can also order dry curry leaves here. I used to have a curry tree and you can find the whole sad story of its demise in the Curried Avacado post. Once…
Big Sis Little Dish 