Chris brought me some tiny adorable pears from the Adirondacks. I had an apple that was bruised and beginning to rot. I also had a half full bottle of white wine and an orange. We had guests coming over for dinner. I made this tart. I got the poached pear recipe from Vegetarian Cooking for…
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Recipes from Erin
Spinach Salad with Fuyu Persimmons, Green Beans,Toasted Almonds and Spiced Vinaigrette
Persimmon is a new fruit to me. They have a short and highly celebrated season in the very late fall and there are two kinds that are available in NYC right now. Fuyu Persimmons are squat and pale orange and are eaten when they are still firm and can be sliced like an apple. Hachiya…
Chicken baked with Prunes, Capers and Green Olives
This is adapted from a very famous recipe called Chicken Marbala. It was the signature dish of the Silver Palate, a wildly popular catering company in New York in the 1980s that published two wildly popular cookbooks. If you are someone who cooks food for decadent parties, I cannot recommend these two books strongly enough….
The Kerthy Fix Sidecar
Sidecars seem very sophisticated and old-fashioned, but in fact, they are just Margaritas made with Brandy instead of Tequila, and a sugar instead of a salt rim. These small differences count though. I drink Sidecars in the winter and would feel very silly drinking a Margarita when the weather wasn’t hot I had my first…
Pork Chops with Boozy Jam Pan Sauce
This is a quick, simple, adaptable dish that I make it a lot when I get busy. You brown some pork chops and then make a pan sauce with a bit of booze…
Cheap eats- Brazilian Black Bean Soup and Pineapple Mint Salsa
I am a freelance arts educator. I usually spend the September hussling work and start teaching a bit in October. However, I do not get paid for any of my work until sometime in November.
Erin’s Marmalade and Sweet Almond Custard tart (gluten-free)
When I first had to adopt a strict gluten-free diet I was very, very angry. I didn’t have a choice, because I had become so sick, but I was not at all happy about it.
Red Snapper Hash
During college, and for a few years after, I worked for a fashion designer. In general I did not fit in well in the fashion world, partly because I talked to much about food and upset my dieting co-workers.
Gluten-Free Jalapeno Poppers or Isn’t Wrapping it Bacon always the Solution?
It sounds silly, but one of the foods that I really miss since going on a gluten-free diet is the very low-brow and delicious jalapeno popper.
Wild Gabriola Plum Chutney and Gabriola Orchard Plum Marmalade
For our wedding, it was very important to Chris and I that we make gifts for our guests from some sort of local Gabriola Island fruit. I had imagined blackberry jam, but the blackberries were not ripe…
