Typically when improvising I play with a lot of hot flavours. I love Chinese and Indian cooking and draw liberally from their spice palette. But the other day I felt like making something not spicy. Go figure. Cuisine wise, I generalize more when I’m thinking about European cooking. For instance, I think of the herbs…
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…
Cornbread, Fruit, Almond and Olive Stuffing (Gluten -Free)
Today I carried an entire year’s worth of shadow puppet making supplies to my favourite school. I teach puppetry at this school in grades pre-k through 3rd so I had A LOT of art supplies. I called a car service (even I don’t bike with that much stuff to carry). To my delight, my cab…
Potato, Leek and Mushroom Gratin (gluten-free or not)
Its time to make gratins again! Here is the beautiful thing about a gratin….while it is true that it takes a bit of effort to make, it prepares a large amount of food that you can then reheat for your dinners all week-long. With a salad, a gratin counts as a complete meal! If you…
Big Sis Little Dish 