I have a temporary job right now cooking lunches and dinners for some friends who are in the putting up an ambitious and beautiful abstract puppet interpretation of The Rite of Spring at Lincoln Center. If you do not work in theater, you would be astonished to discover the kind of long hours and level of focus required to produce…
Tag: gluten-free
Anise Shortbread with Chocolate, Figs and Almonds (Gluten-Free)
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…
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 Beet Borscht
I know! I know! Enough with the blackberry recipes. This is the last one, since we are now back in NYC. In addition to eating a lot of blackberries while on Gabriola, we ate a good amount of locally grown vegetables. There are quite a few small farms on the island that sell at…
Sockeye Salmon with Blackberries and Leeks
It’s salmon and blackberry season and I am visiting my mother on Gabriola Island. We are picking buckets of blackberries every few days, so I apologize in for the flood of blackberry recipes, but that is what we are eating. This salmon recipe is very easy and very good. The fish is tender and luscious…
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…
Adaptable Fresh Fruit and Mascarpone Tart (gluten-free or not)- Farmshare Cooking
I’ve been very busy. I worked 12-16 hour days all last week. So, I have not had a whole lot of time to cook. The craziness is over now. I have this weekend off, and next week I go back to a normal work week. Today, I slept in and figured out what I was…
Cashew Dill Lemon Dressing/ Farmshare Cooking
Here is what I have been making out of the food that I have received from my farmshare for the last few weeks. Click on the hyperlinks for the recipes. I am hoping that some of you have similar vegetables to cook up! If you just want to find the recipe for Cashew Sill…
Duck Liver Pâté for a Friend
Recently, I received a windfall of duck livers. My friend Bethany got a new duck cookbook and had, over the last few months, cooked who knows how many ducks in who knows how many delicious ways. Bethany has been my neighbor while she attended medical school nearby, but I’ve known her since she was a teenager…
Big Sis Little Dish 