Author Archives: glutenfreegus
Gluten Free Hot Cross Buns!
Ta Da! You are going to be really happy with these! Hot Cross Buns appear in bakeries and some markets for a week each year in anticipation of Good Friday and Easter, a welcome harbinger of spring. I’ve never seen a gluten free version, and am often disappointed with conventional ones. The recipe below substitutes … Continue reading
Easiest Prettiest Gluten Free Dessert with Fruit
I first experienced Pastry Chef Ben Spungin’s desserts at Marinus, in Carmel Valley, http://www.bernardus.com/. His mom must be extraordinarily proud. Ben’s sweets are some of the most creative, smart, irreverent and successful I’ve experienced. The entire meal was outstanding. Run don’t walk to Marinus for your next special occasion (make a reservation first.) My dinner selections were mostly vegetarian … Continue reading
Kitchen Muses
Even before we were (consigned) a gluten free future in 1996 I understood that cooking involves art, love, humor, science, adventure, and above all, family and friends. When we had the opportunity to design a kitchen in 1991 I wanted it to be a canvas for beautiful cookbooks, antique cooking tools, fine modern implements, old … Continue reading
Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate
When contemplating yesterday’s post about GF Chocolate Chip Cookies, and in an effort to boost my confidence (what can a self-taught cook from Maine contribute to the “best chocolate chip cookie” debate?) I estimated the number I’ve made since 1967 – the year I probably started independently plugging in the Kitchen Aid. I’m gonna say… … Continue reading
Gus’s Homemade Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies & The “Dog Food Sandwich Solution”
The underlying current of what could be a trilogy (don’t worry, it won’t be) is that necessity is the mother of invention. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, and an image might not come to mind if I describe Dad as from the cast of Mad Men: Continue reading
Gluten Free “Bran” Muffins
Scones, scones, scones
Baked Good / Dessert / Pastry
Pistache Macarons – French for Pistachio Macaroons
Baked Good / Breakfast / Brunch / Dinner
Gluten Free Gus 