Many people, in many cultures agree that today is the day to share something sweet with loved ones who have already passed on. Some people celebrate Dia De Los Muertos and others call it All Saints’ Day or All Souls’ Day. The beautiful painting featured at the top of this post is from a series…
Paprika Hendl/ Happy Halloween!
I am not that great at celebrating Halloween. Truthfully, I dress up every day…or at least every day that I go into public. Also, I earn my living making masks (and puppets) for and with small children. So it is hard for me to get especially worked up about Halloween. I usually end up cooking…
Apple Ricotta Fritters for Hank (gluten-free or not)
Apple Fritters for eccentric fathers and ghosts.
Goddess Apple Cake with Meringue Topping (Gluten-Free)
This started out as a humble apple cake. At first, my only goal was to make this cake gluten-free, but then I kept on making it. Each time, I made just slight modifications and before I knew it the cake had more apples, more lemon zest and more vanilla. The cake itself has less sugar…
Whole Brined and Roasted Cauliflower with Romesco Sauce/ Romesco Sauce with Everything!
Last fall, I came across lots of recipes for whole roasted cauliflower. The dish has amazing visual impact, and if you poach it first in wine and spices, the flavour is extraordinary. Of the various recipes that I tried, I liked the technique used in this recipe from Bon Appetite the best. It involves poaching…
Cinnamon Financiers with Apples and Walnuts (Gluten-free)
Brace yourself. The apple recipes are coming. I started lining up recipe ideas months ago in preparation for the apples that I knew would be coming in my farmshare. I have not been receiving as many as I had expected, but enough to begin the great apple dessert festival of 2014. I like financiers. They…
Chilled Potato, Pear and Arugula Soup for an Autumn Tea Party
I have a temporary job right now cooking lunches and dinners for some friends who are in the putting up an ambitious and beautiful abstract puppet interpretation of The Rite of Spring at Lincoln Center. If you do not work in theater, you would be astonished to discover the kind of long hours and level of focus required to produce…
Anise Shortbread with Chocolate, Figs and Almonds (Gluten-Free)
This cookie is a container for some of my favourite flavour combinations. Chocolate and figs (Fresh Fig and Chocolate Tart). Fig and Almond (Marzipan Cake with Baked Figs). Anise and Almond (Almond Fennel Cake). I tried these flavours in an oatmeal cookie (the oats interfered with the specific tastes that I was craving) and…
Perfumed Coconut Date Shake
Yesterday, I ran errands in Manhattan. I highly recommend visiting Manhattan during the final long weekend of summer. It’s empty, and you get the full attention of anyone unfourtunate enough to be working at the few businesses that remain open. As pleasant as it was to run my errands without having to contend with the usual…
Blackberry Beet Borscht
I know! I know! Enough with the blackberry recipes. This is the last one, since we are now back in NYC. In addition to eating a lot of blackberries while on Gabriola, we ate a good amount of locally grown vegetables. There are quite a few small farms on the island that sell at…
Big Sis Little Dish 