The weather has been a weirdly beautiful this August in NYC. We only had a few weeks of unbearable heat and humidity (back in July). August has been sunny and not too hot and only occasionally a little bit muggy. It has not been the kind of weather that demands cold soup I…
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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…
Apricot Marzipan Tart (gluten-free or not)
This recipe was inspired by a recipe from the Estonian cookbook, Sepamaa Talu köök Osa 2 by Anni Arno. Marzipan is very popular in Estonia. You can buy delicious bars of Estonian made marzipan at every corner store. Here in NYC, I bought the marzipan from Kalustyan’s. The original recipe used rhubarb, which is also popular in Estonia….
Raw Asparagus Salad/ Asparagus, Avocado and Goat Cheese Open-Faced Sandwich
Recipes for raw asparagus salad have been catching my eye lately….Raw Asparagus and Quinoa Salad on My Darling Lemon Thyme, Asparagus Mint Slaw on Saveur and sooooo many recipes for raw shaved asparagus with lemon and pecorino. It turns out the raw asparagus is nutty and delicious, especially right now when you can get it all tender…
Pistachio Financiers with Rhubarb and Sour Cherry Compote (Gluten-Free)
I am very pleased with this dessert. It is a tiny, tender, pale green cake paired with a tart, floral, pink compote. One of the many things that I love about financiers (and compotes actually) is that they taste better after a few days. You might look at this recipe and think that you ought…
Watercress and Buttermilk Vichyssoise
I am rediscovering my love of watercress. It was my favourite green vegetable in my college years. Every week I would make one of my three watercress dishes. 1. Pasta with watercress arugola and goat cheese 2. Tomato soup with watercress 3. Watercress and arugula salad with sun dried tomatoes and marinated artichoke hearts. I…
Crushed Green Olive Salad with Celery and Mint
I knew I was going to love this salad as soon as I read the recipe. I am a big fan of good green olives and celery. In fact, when I travel I always pack green olives and celery as an airplane snack. Also, this salad has mint in it and I love mint in…
Brown Butter, Hazelnut, Buckwheat Financier (Gluten-free)
I eat a lot of egg yolks. Luckily, egg whites freeze well. That said, the collection of egg whites that I have collected in the freezer recently reached a critical mass. I considered making pavlova or macaroons, but these delicious treats are as delicate as clouds and what I really needed was a treat that…
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…
Big Sis Little Dish 