This cookie is a container for some of my favourite flavour combinations. Chocolate and figs (Fresh Fig and Chocolate Tart). Fig and Almond (Marzipan Cake with Baked Figs). Anise and Almond (Almond Fennel Cake). I tried these flavours in an oatmeal cookie (the oats interfered with the specific tastes that I was craving) and…
Tag: dessert
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…
Blackberry, Apple, Plum Crumble (Gluten-Free)/ Gabriola Island!
My husband and I are currently visiting my mother on Gabriola Island, where almost exactly three years ago, we were married. It has been a spectacular trip, so far mostly focused on seeing beloved family and friends. We had a day with my Aunt Mona (of Bean Salad and Ginger Cake fame on this blog…to name…
Fresh Peaches with Meringues / Farmshare cooking
Okay, while we are on the topic of simple desserts to make with local, seasonal stone fruit, here’s a good one. The combination of juicy fresh peaches and cloud like, nut studded meringues really works. Sometimes meringues fail to puff up when it is humid. It does not matter. Dense chewy meringues are just as good…
Strawberry Shortcake For Haters / Farmshare Cooking
FARMSHARE WEEK 3 Here is the report on Week #3 of my farmshare. Last week I got… Garlic Scapes- made into White Bean, Garlic Scape, Lemon dip. I also made some scape pesto, but did not love it. These were eaten with this amazing healthy gluten-free bread made from seeds and nuts from the blog My…
Strawberry Rhubarb Meringue Pie (gluten-free or not)
I am very proud of this pie. The filling is zingy, a bit tart and has a nice jammy consistency with chunks of fruit. The meringue is fluffy and sweet and very pretty, even if you (like me) have no patience for piping meringue and just slap it on top in a messy way. This recipe…
Father’s Day! / Key Lime Pie with an Oreo Crust (Gluten-Free or not)
When I was nine years old, my mother and I moved from Canada to Maui, so that she could marry my fun, sweet, adventurous step dad. In a few years, I would hit puberty and develop all of the normal feelings of irritation and frustration toward my new father, but there were a few golden…
Happy Mother’s Day! Rhubarb Rose Tarts with a Cardamom Shortbread Crust (Gluten-Free)
I do not live near my family. If I did, I would want to throw a mother’s day tea today and serve this tart to my mum, my mother-in law, my sister’s mother and my aunties. Since this is my personal fantasy I’m going to invite my grandmothers as well. I am serving all of these…
Rosemary Lemon Buckwheat Cookies (Gluten-Free)
Some recipes take a long time to work out. I make them over and over adjusting the amounts of this or that. This cookie recipe turned out well on the first try! I recently developed a strong craving for a sweet biscuit scented with rosemary and lemon. Buckwheat flour has an herbal flavour that works well…
Almond Fennel Cake (Gluten-Free or Not)
Imagine that you are at Coney Island, or the Jersey Shore, or the county fair, or a street carnival that the local Catholic church throws to celebrate their Saint’s day. You can smell fennel sausage on the grill, but you are looking at the funnel cakes. You are imagining how delicious the pile of fried…
Big Sis Little Dish 