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…
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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.
Heroic Indian Rice Pudding (Kheer)
We served this rice pudding as for desert at our Indian welcome dinner the night before our wedding. When I was planning the menu I tried to pick recipes that would not be too crazy to make in large quantities.
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.
Caramel Truffles with Sesame and Sea Salt PART ONE: Ganache and Ground Rules
The Personification of Chocolate If chocolate were a human being, she would be high maintenance. Chocolate would be the kind of person who takes exactly as much time to get ready as she damn well pleases and must have everything just so. Just particularly so. Just exactly specifically precisely just so. Okay? OK. Then when…
Lemon Blackberry Wedding Cake (Gluten-Free)
This is a recipe for a 3 tier gluten-free wedding cake to feed 70 guests. We had 100 people at our wedding so we also made a grooms cake as well…basically a separate bottom tier so that there would be enough for everyone. All of the cake was eaten so I guess that we got…
Gluten-Free Cherry Clafouti
Clafouti is a baked fruit custard. It is a French dish that (I feel) was invented by particularly unfussy and homey French people. I love clafouti because it reminds me of a delicious custardy apple cake that my Estonian grandmother used make. She would slice and layer apples into a baking pan and then…
Strawberry Rhubarb Trifle (Gluten-Free)
Trifle is a thing of beauty. It is boozy cake, layered like a parfait with fruit preserves, custard, whipped cream and nuts. It looks gorgeous and tastes amazing. A trifle is an excellent desert make ahead of time when you need to feed a lot of people. It is a British desert (I’ll say it…
Cornmeal Custard Topped Spoon Bread
This is a magical recipe from the New Joy of Cooking. You throw a bunch of things in baking pan with very little care and when it comes out of the oven it is a delicious corn spoon bread with a layer of custard on top. Magic! I tried to make a gluten-free version recently…
Apple Rum Raisin Pie (gluten-free and traditional)
I made this pie for our second Thanksgiving on New Year’s day. This is another recipe from Little Pie Company (see the cookbook tab for more info). I will include their excellent recipe for pie crust as well as the gluten-free recipe I use. The gluten-free pie crust is really, really good and does not…
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