Sometimes, usually on a Friday, our friend Bethany drops in. She has keys to our place, so she could just come over un announced, but usually she calls to say that she’s going to drop by after school. She is in Medical school at SUNY downstate which is right around the corner from our house….
Tag: autumn
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…
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…
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…
Yam, Swiss Chard and Chipotle Gratin
I recently made a very, very good yam and swiss chard gratin from Smitten Kitchen. I also recently made a pork loin with fruit stuffing and a chipotle sherry cream sauce from a restaurant cookbook. The fruit stuffing was delicious and the sauce was amazing but altogether the pork loin dish managed to be simultaneously…
In Search of Magical Estonian Apple Cake (Gluten-Free)
A couple of weeks ago, my husband went to the Adirondacks for a weekend and brought me back some Winesap apples. This is a man who knows how to keep me happy. Winesap apples are dark, dark burgundy colour. They are not shiny and they are frequently blemished because they are an old variety of…
Sweet and Sour Honey Pickled Beets
I think of pickled beets as being very Canadian. I moved to the States when I was 9 years old, and I can remember being REALLY excited about eating home-made pickled beets when we came back to Canada to visit family. In my family, if you are having guests or extended family for dinner…
Poached Pear and Cardamom Apple Butter Tart (gluten-free)
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…
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…
Big Sis Little Dish 