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…
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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…
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…
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…
Easiest of the Easy: Lentils Monastery Style with New-style Southern Cornbread
Well…. I’m still struggling with the fact that working in a commercial kitchen; however excellent, fruitful and fulfilling, diminishes my desire for cooking at home. Tonight I’m trying to convince myself that cooking is easy and satisfying by making two of the easiest and yummiest dishes in my repertoire. They are Monastery-style Lentil Soup and…
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.
Plum Ricotta Tart with Almonds (Gluten-Free)
Last week I started work at one of my favourite schools which happens to be in the Belmont Neighborhood of the Bronx. It’s a two hour, two subway train and one bus commute from my apartment in Brooklyn.
Baked Samosas (gluten-free or not)
Samosas are really supposed to be deep-fried and they are also supposed to be in a little triangular pouch. My version is baked and they are in a half circle (like an empanada), but they are still delicious. Baked samosas stay yummy for a few days where as anything deep-fried needs to be eaten right…
Garam Masala Baked Chicken with Pickled Plums
I am very, very pleased with this dinner. I have made this chicken recipe a few times before. It’s from a Food and Wine Annual Cookbook (2007) that my mum gave me for Christmas a while back, but I have made a few changes… I use my favourite Garam Masala recipe instead of the one…
Big Sis Little Dish 