I am not usually a big maker of puns but even I could not resist. I am going to give you a “recipe” for a strawberry rhubarb fool and my sister and I are traveling in Estonia right now…so traveling fool. Okay I’ll stop… Last week, I was attending a Nordic-Celtic-Baltic Folklorist’s conference at University…
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Slacker’s Caramelized Rhubarb Clafouti (gluten-free or not)
I know that the strawberries are finally in season and I should be moving on from the rhubarb. I know that this is my third rhubarb post this month. I know. The truth is that I have a hard time making it to the greenmarket early enough to get the strawberries. By the time I…
The Simplest and Most Decadent Strawberry Dessert
I used to obsessively throw large dinner parties. They were more like indoor picnics since there were usually about 17 guests and a definitely did not own a table large enough to seat everyone. We would spread a big cloth on the living room floor and set it with candles and my grandmother’s china. My…
Strawberry Rhubarb Slump (with gluten-free dumplings)
I have been haunted lately by a vague memory of our Estonian grandmother making stewed fruit (plums I think) with delicious little dumplings and streaks of goat milk. It basically the sweet version of her vegetable soup with goat milk broth and dumplings. I have done a bit of research and I have learned that…
Hazelnut Torte with Chocolate Coffee Buttercream (gluten-free)
I am very taken these days with this sort of torte that is traditionally made with almond or hazelnut flour (Torta de Naranja for example). They save me the trouble of having to adapt them to be gluten-free and they are so00000 very fancy! This cake has an intense, pure hazelnut flavour that I absolutely adore….
Tahini Milkshake (Dairy-Free)
My sister Silvi is visiting me in New York AND I have Spring vacation right now! If you just want a recipe for a dairy free tahini milkshake and do not want to hear about our trip to Coney Island, scroll to the bottom. Silvi arrived really, really early on Tuesday. We napped, ate a…
Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies made with Amaranth, Brown Sugar and Sea Salt (Gluten-Free)
This recipe for chewy gluten-free chocolate chip cookies is from the marvelous food blog Cannelle et Vanile and it is so perfect, so delicious I have nothing to offer in the way of personalization or improvement…and I say that as a self-professed crispy chocolate chip cookie loving snob. These cookies are not crispy but they are…
Two Orange Almond Cakes for Passover (gluten-free)
We have been hosting a lot of dinner parties this month. Last week, I made two Orange Almond cakes for our guests. Despite having the same primary flavours, these two cakes were very different from each other. Clearly, I have a thing for the old almond and orange combo in deserts (tangerine marmalade cake and marmalade and…
Floral Scented Shortbreads (Gluten-Free)
These cookies combine the lovely aromatic quality of Indian deserts with a crisp and not too sweet shortbread. I was inspired by the cardamom, pistachio and rosewater shortbread on the lovely food blog My Darling Lemon Thyme. I enjoyed these rose scented cookies so much, that I started experimenting with orange blossom water and culinary…
Masala Spiced Orange Curd
I recently made Meyer Lemon Curd for the first time using a recipe from the very inspiring blog Food in Jars. It was easy and delicious and I decided that I would make the Creamy Orange Cardamom Curd next time. When I finally got around to looking more closely at the Orange Cardamom Curd recipe,…
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