Butter Tarts for Boxing Day (Gluten-Free)

I have always thought of the butter tart as the finest example of Canadian cuisine.  You can get butter tarts everywhere in Canada from the gas station convenience store to a fancy bakery.  I have never encountered a butter tart anywhere outside of Canada, not even on the border states.  Not even in Maine, which…

Friday Afternoon Pear and Hazelnut Pudding Cake (gluten-free)

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….