Hello friends. I hope that you are all enjoying the growing light of the season. I am personally having the worst bout of seasonal affective disorder that I’ve had in 15 years. I am combatting it with floral arrangements and cheese platters.
Charred Harvest Vegetables with Spicy Romesco Sauce
At the end of October, I cooked at five course dinner for 12 women who attended the Garden of Alchemy event created by The Muses. Each course of the dinner evoked an element (water, air, fire, earth). I will be sharing the entire menu and photos from the event soon! For the fire course, I…
Confit Carrots
This is a useful recipe to make carrots into something that you can serve as part of a fancy menu or just have on hand for quick meals and snacks.
Pear Sambuca Clafoutis
This is a simple recipe. If you have ripe pears and want to have a delicious pear custard cake in less than an hour, just scroll down for the recipe. Otherwise, I’m going to tell you about the complicated pie that inspired this easy recipe.
Crispy Grilled Cheese with Broccoli and Wasabi
I just made something for lunch that was so good that I am sitting down to write about it immediately, even though I do not have time to write food blog posts right now. If I did have time to write this food blog right now, there are a dozen other, already half finished posts…
Blood Orange Broken Heart Tarts (gluten-free)
These tarts are nothing but trouble, but they are delicious. In the process of testing and making these tarts I made them three times and they never behaved the same way twice. I feel that I should warn you that these tarts are stunning and delicious but also volatile and unpredictable. They are best…
Pomegranate Tart with Pink Peppercorns (gluten-free)
These tarts feature a rich, tangy pomegranate curd set in a buttery gluten free crust and topped with little bursts of texture and heat from pink peppercorns. I made them for the Muses Valentine’s event in 2020, which feels like a million years ago.
Kefir Miso Dressing
First of all, I need to tell you that you can make this dressing with yogurt and/or buttermilk if you do not have kefir. Also, if you don’t make kefir and you want to…I have some kefir grains for you.
French Toast with Caramelized Figs
Happy New Year! My husband made french toast for dessert on Christmas this year and it was so good that we decided to have it again for breakfast on New Years Day.
Apple Lemon Almond Tart (gluten-free)
Happy Boxing day! I encourage you to make a tart for yourself. It’s been a hard year and you deserve a sweet treat. I made this tart to satisfy a personal craving that I was having for European style apple turnovers. I’m not talking about the weirdly puffy danishes doused with icing that appear in…
Big Sis Little Dish 