This is a chewy, yeasted bread. It’s not sweet, although it is perfumed with cardamom and studded with walnuts, dates and raisins. It’s best toasted and slathered with salted butter. I like it for breakfast, tea or with afternoon coffee when my husband is kind enough to make me some (I make terrible coffee). It…
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Maple Nut Granola (for snack skeptics)
My husband likes to eat cereal as a late night snack. I am not a big snacker myself. Years ago, when I was living by myself, a girlfriend who was staying with me for a while stood in front of my open refrigerator and complained “You have no snack food! If a person gets stoned…
Perfumed Coconut Date Shake
Yesterday, I ran errands in Manhattan. I highly recommend visiting Manhattan during the final long weekend of summer. It’s empty, and you get the full attention of anyone unfourtunate enough to be working at the few businesses that remain open. As pleasant as it was to run my errands without having to contend with the usual…
Croque Monsieur Biscuits (gluten-free or not)
For the last week or so, while eating some delicious healthy homemade packed lunch or another, this thought has consistently crossed my mind… “This meal of roasted vegetables (or green salad or homemade soup) are so healthy and delicious …but I really just wish that I was eating french fries, or something with cheese sauce…
Fried Ripe Tomatoes (Gluten-free or not)
Fried Ripe Tomatoes are a cousin to classic fried green tomatoes. Green tomatoes fry up well because they are still a bit hard. You can dredge them in batter or cornmeal, throw them into hot oil and they do not fall apart. Fried Green tomatoes are often served with remoulade or some sort or spicy…
Coconut Chia Seed Pudding
Last summer I posted a recipe for chia seed pudding with figs and blackberries. I expected to eat nothing but chia seed pudding for breakfast all year-long, because it is so delicious and healthful, but I didn’t. You can make chia seed pudding with any kind of milk and, although I am generally a staunch…
Fresh Nectarine Tart with a Hazelnut Crust and Rose Glaze (gluten-free)
I have been trying to make this tart all summer. I have been buying four nectarines every week since they became available two months ago. I buy them hard and ripen them in a brown paper bag. With the first few batches, by the time they were ripe I was too busy in my…
Bittersweet Boozy Goodness- Old Fashioned Orange Marmalade (with bitters and sour cherries)
Just before Christmas, I came home one night to find the teenage daughter of one of my neighbors sitting in our cold and dirty hallway. She was locked out. I invited her into my apartment and offered to feed her dinner. Her mother found the note that we had left her when she came…
Pineapple Brown Betty (A good topping for gluten-free coconut pancakes)
I liked to cook when I was a kid. I found that I could convince my mother to let me eat much less healthy food if it was couched in enthusiasm about learning how to cook for myself. I remember making pineapple brown betty when I first moved to Hawaii when I was 9 years…
Sourdough Blini (Gluten-Free)
I have not posted anything about my gluten-free sourdough starter for a little while. That is misleading. The sourdough starter has continued to demand a lot of attention and produce a lot of pancakes and Estonian style dark sourdough bread in my house. I have given away quite a lot of it. In fact, if…
Big Sis Little Dish 