Buttermilk Biscuits warm from the oven served with honey and Vermont Creamery Butter seemed the perfect way to celebrate the first day of fall. Sunday mornings are lazy affairs these days. Even if we get up with the sun to walk or swim before breakfast there seems to be time to languish over something homemade, … Continue reading
We’re continuing to harvest “milk” from whole coconuts as we experiment with curry recipes, leaving us with quantities of “mash” or pulp . It’s a bit of a challenge to crack the first one, but like almost anything else, it becomes easier and faster. Then the challenge is what to do with the shells (compost) and … Continue reading
“First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes….” First, there are boatloads of green tomatoes in our garden – not gonna fry ’em all! Then, after making coconut milk from scratch for Thai Chicken Curry with Green Tomatoes we were left with coconut pulp. This cake was inspired the idea of using a whole coconut; what … Continue reading
Almond Cake with Chocolate Ganache Icing Tomorrow, September 13th is National Celiac Disease Awareness Day. An informal web search indicates the color for Celiac Support is green. Lance Armstrong’s tribulations have tarnished wristbands as a statement, but they’re available for Celiac Support if it’s a fashion direction one wants to pursue. My advice: bake something special for … Continue reading
I almost missed blackberry season! Our raspberry and blackberry bushes got moved and moved again during the spring and summer, so weren’t very productive. Others by which I usually chart late “summer” are on a walking route I take much less often. So, blackberries fell off the radar screen until last week when a hiking … Continue reading
Lesley Stowe’s Raincoast Crisps are among my favorite foods. The size, flavor, and texture of these savory and sweet crackers is just about perfect. If only they were gluten free for Gus…. This flies in the face of yesterday’s mantra: maybe those following a GF diet should just eat (d’Affoinois) on apple slices. Any while … Continue reading
Years ago (before Gus was born) a group of us started PlayGroup, a pop-up children’s boutique. Sandrine was the first (customer) at our first show, arriving before the coffee was brewed and the scones were plated. We assumed she’d been sent by the caterer because she pushed through the kitchen door, asking for an apron … Continue reading
Couple of things about Angel Food Cake: 1. It can be the cake base for Crunch Cake (though many prefer “butter” or “sponge”.) 2. Peter is an excellent cook, but not a baker. However at age 8 he started practicing Angel Food Cake with his grandmother, Mimi, and went solo at 13. 3. I made … Continue reading
The 5 pounds of organic native Maine blueberries Nate ordered were harvested last week: blueberry salsa, scones, pancakes, smoothies, pie, cobbler. Actually a five pound box isn’t that big; couple of pies and you’re out. But enough were saved for doughnuts! Continue reading
Fresh local organic corn is finally joining blueberries in neighborhood markets and farm stands. We bought some beautiful ears last week during a trip to Keene, New Hampshire. More on that later. Got it in my mind that raw pureed corn kernels could provide enough body and richness to substitute for some, perhaps all, the … Continue reading
Gluten Free Gus 