I have been lame about giving gifts for the last many years. It is easy for me to look to look at the bizarre consumerism of Christmas and just disconnect from the whole process. Truthfully though, I love giving gifts! I also love my stuff, my objects, the gifts that people have given me. My…
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Recipes from Erin
Fake Double the Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (gluten-free and vegan if you like)
Our dear friend Marc came over for dinner the other night. He doesn’t live in the city anymore so my husband and I don’t see him as much as we would like to. We invited another dear friend, Lake, over as well. All four of us met while working on a puppet show that toured…
Layered Wild Mushroom Blini Casserole (Gluten-Free)
I moved to New York from Maui when I was 18 years old. I had never even been to the East coast to visit. I had a scholarship to attend college at a school just outside of the city, so I just moved here. For the first many years that you live in New…
Clementine Marmalade Cake (Gluten-Free)…a cure for the winter blues
Yesterday, I tried a new cake recipe. I was interested in this cake because it is made from whole clementines that are boiled, pureed and then combined with just a handful of other ingredients, as if the inventor had started off making marmalade and then changed their mind and made a cake instead. I love…
Chicken and Dumplings (gluten-free and traditional)
This is one of the most ridiculously simple and comforting foods in the world. I learned to make chicken and dumplings from a copy of The New England Cookbook by Brooke Dojny which my friend Katherine gave me as a gift many years ago. Katherine has taught me about all things good, comforting and delicious…
BLT Salad with Biscuit Croutons (GF) and Creamy Herb Dressing
I used to eat a lot of BLTs. I work in some sketchy neighborhoods with limited lunch offerings. I do try to pack myself a salad when I can, but sometimes you get busy and you just have to find somewhere to buy your lunch. It turns out that BLTs are nearly impossible to mess…
Lard Have Mercy! Gluten-Free, Pro-Glutton Buttermilk Biscuits!
At this time of year, I choose comfort over creativity. I am really not all that interested in trying out new foods. All I really want to do is cook the things that I traditionally cook at this time of year. Here is an example: For Thanksgiving I made three pies and, for the first…
Ideas for Thanksgiving Dinner
Last year, I posted all of my Thanksgiving recipes the week after the holiday. I realized that this was not very helpful. Here are links to all of the recipes that we have posted that would be great for a Thanksgiving meal. Next year, maybe we will get it together to do this for Canadian…
Cheap and elegant thrills- three ways to steam mussels
I love mussels. To me, they are just as delicious as oysters but they are WAY cheaper. Also, as shellfish goes, they are stupid simple to prepare. Also, from what I have read, it is actually possible to farm mussels without destroying the environment. Also, mussels are full of vitamins and iron. Woo hoo! Below…
Ethiopian Bread (Gluten-Free and Blini-Like!!!!!)
Ethiopian food is served on a big flat, spongy, crepe-like bread made from a fermented batter called Injera. It is delicious and it is traditionally made with Teff flour, which is gluten-free. Yay! However, most restaurants in North America cut the Teff flour with Wheat flour (cheaper and not gluten-free). Boo! I tried the simplest…
Big Sis Little Dish 