Quinoa, Fennel and Pomegranate Salad

I found a recipe that I am super inspired by. It’s by Yotam Ottolenghi, published in this month’s issue of Bon Appetit magazine. Yotam is an Israeli-born chef who is renowned for his treatment of vegetables.

Brussel Sprout Pakora

This is a recipe from The Patterned Plate which is a food blog that I have recently fallen in love with.  I highly recommend that you check it out for excellent recipes, stories and advice…

Butter Tarts for Boxing Day (Gluten-Free)

I have always thought of the butter tart as the finest example of Canadian cuisine.  You can get butter tarts everywhere in Canada from the gas station convenience store to a fancy bakery.  I have never encountered a butter tart anywhere outside of Canada, not even on the border states.  Not even in Maine, which…

Quarante Quatre Home-made Liqueur

I can’t remember how this conversation started. I suspect it was October when Rachel told us about the Quarante Quatre. It looks funny to type those words. When you say it as an Anglophone it sounds more like “Care Aunt Cat,” where aunt is pronounced in that British sort of way that sounds like you’re…

The Lure of Pineapple and Ham Pizza (Gluten-Free)

I moved from British Columbia, Cananda to Maui, Hawaii half way through my fourth grade year.  I could go on and on about all of the culture shock that I experienced, but I am going to focus today on public school lunch.  In the schools that I attended in Canada, there was no school lunch….

Friday Afternoon Pear and Hazelnut Pudding Cake (gluten-free)

Sometimes, usually on a Friday, our friend Bethany drops in.  She has keys to our place, so she could just come over un announced, but usually she calls to say that she’s going to drop by after school.  She is in Medical school at SUNY downstate which is right around the corner from our house….