In Search of Magical Estonian Apple Cake (Gluten-Free)

A couple of weeks ago, my husband went to the Adirondacks for a weekend and brought me back some Winesap apples.  This is a man who knows how to keep me happy.  Winesap apples are dark, dark burgundy colour.  They are not shiny and they are frequently blemished because they are an old variety of…

Road Trip Peach and Corn Salsa

We spent most of our camper honeymoon lingering in Utah.  Then we sped through Colorado, Kansas, Missouri (pausing briefly to admire St Louis…GREAT CITY), Illinois and Kentucky to reach Tennessee.  Utah is an astonishingly beautiful place.  The landscape really deserves the adjective AWESOME.  However, Utah does not seem like a place that would be easy to…

My Mother’s Amazing Crab Dip

When I was nine, my mother and I moved to from Canada to a small historic town in Hawaii called Lahaina.   Lahaina had been a pleasure port for visitors since it’s days as a whaling ship port.   We lived at the hotel where my new step dad was the on call handyman, so we…

fried pickles (gluten-free)

I had never heard of fried pickles until my friends in Portland, Maine took me to a place called Silly’s.  Silly’s has great sandwiches, but I was much more excited about the fried pickles and their Tahini milkshakes (soooo good).  The last time I was in Portland I had already found out that I could…

Yam Fries with Miso Gravy

Sometime earlier this year, for a month, I ate this every day. It is ridiculously easy, addictive, and will make you fat & happy if you eat it as much as I did (BUAHAHA). Ingredients: Yam or Sweet Potato (or potato if you wanna go that route) – cut like french fries. A dab of…