This is my attempt to recreate the best thing that I ate when I visited Seville. I travelled to Spain many years ago now and I do not know why it has taken me so long to attempt to figure out how to make this stew. Seville is in the front of my mind again…
Tag: dinner
Roasted Cauliflower Salad with Dukkah
So For me, the flavours of the Middle East and Africa are the most unfamiliar and exotic. My grandparents raised me on Eastern European and British Irish comfort food. I also encountered all kinds of Asian food growing up in the Pacific Northwest and later Hawaii, so those cuisines feel like comfort food to me…
Fake Tandoori Chicken
A while back I tried a recipe for buttermilk roast chicken. The recipe suggested that you allow the chicken to marinate in the buttermilk for 24 hours and the result was very tender. I had used a whole chicken cut into parts and I was surprised to discover that, when prepared this way, the breast…
Aunt Claire’s Tourtière (with a gluten-free crust)
Last Christmas, my cousin Tanya gave me her mother’s recipe for tourtière. This recipe is neck and neck with my gluten-free butter tarts for the title of most Canadian post on this blog. It is a simple, delicious and it would work well with whatever meat is good in your region. I used…
Pumpkin Walnut Soup
I have been very attracted lately to soup recipes that are made rich by the addition of nuts rather than cream. Last winter I made two soups that were enriched with cashew cream (curried broccoli soup and cream of mushroom soup). I have plans to try a hazelnut mushroom soup and potato almond soup in…
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…
Roasted Cauliflower with Hazelnuts and Pickled Celery
When I was about 9 years old I received as a gift a beautiful set of Nijinsky and Pavlova paper dolls which depicted all of their costumes from the Ballet Russe. I was so taken with these costumes that I did research about the life of Anna Pavlova at the library. I learned that she…
Whipped Pear and Parsnip Side Dish (better than pie)
This side dish was discovered while my friend Bethany and I were making a new pie recipe at Thanksgiving. It was a pear parsnip pie from The Nantucket Open-House Cookbook by Sarah Leah Chase. The pie was good. It was a more delicate cousin of a pumpkin pie. But Bethany and I both agreed that…
Chestnut Gnocchi with Squash, Mushrooms and Rosemary
I am having a serious love affair with chestnut flour. It is sweet and nutty and has a fine texture that makes it easy to work with. The one persnickity thing about chestnut flour is that it does not keep. It is produced in October and should be consumed in November or December. SO if…
Braised Red Cabbage with Fruit and Fennel Seed
Last summer a dear friend of my parent’s let me go through his recipe note-book. I have written about this family friend before because he has been a food hero of mine since my childhood. For a story about the time that Keith served me quiche on his boat when I was little click…
Big Sis Little Dish 