Hanging up the wine glasses I noticed that Peter accessorized our wooden artist model not featured in an earlier (musing) about kitchen muses. He/she is running next to the bar sink with a cork from a bottle of wine from Pride Mountain. The trek up Spring Mountain outside St. Helena, CA is worth the view and … Continue reading
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When to buy Organic
Local organic eggs laid by chickens that walk around (Gary or Mary’s) garden taste better. They just do. Making “Perfect Scrambled Eggs”? First step: get the best, freshest eggs possible. Same with butter. Butter made locally from organic cream is worth the calories on toast, scones, muffins…. (It’ll be so expensive you’ll savor small amounts … Continue reading
Less is More – favorite bowls
The square Duralex Storage Bowls in our cupboard get washed every day. Their round bowls used to be the service work horses, and we still use them, but there is something satisfactory about a square glass bowl. I had trouble tracking them down until I discovered that they’re sold for food storage and come with lids. (I sort … Continue reading
Grilled Ginger Salmon on Chard “Linguine”
Whether or not one must eat a gluten free diet, we all feel better when we do. Handmade pasta, conventional or GF, can be delicious, but there is something supremely satisfying about a nicely prepared fresh piece of fresh fish on a bed of creatively cooked chard cut into linguine width lengths. Plus it gives … Continue reading
Chocolate, Chapter 2
Just when it seems there is nothing more to say about chocolate, there is more to say about chocolate! Fair-trade, “bean to bar”, cacao content… we’re all learning that there is chocolate after M&Ms. But let’s admit that a small handful of M&Ms can take one right back to elementary school and Halloween? And yep, … Continue reading
Baked Good / Cake / Dessert / Product Review / Uncategorized
Best Chocolate Mousse Dessert with GF Pound Cake
Gammy’s “Ice Box Dessert” became our Mom’s “Chocolate Dessert”. This spectacularly easy and delicious mousse deserves, but never gets, a different name. One brother requests it every year for his birthday, the other made it with his wife last weekend as their contribution to a ’60’s themed dinner party. It’s as timeless as it is … Continue reading
Pizza on the Grill – it’s a cinch!
Pizza on the grill is the best: delicious, easy, fast…. You’ll need a pizza stone and wooden paddle, both worth the investment since this is an act you’ll repeat often with increasing confidence and creativity. One doesn’t even really need a grill, although it creates a “wood fired” oven environment, and so texture and taste. … Continue reading
Top Five Best Prepackaged Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Our best recommendation for good GF cookies is to make them from scratch. Please try our special recipe which we happily shared for the first time last month: https://glutenfreegus.com/2013/03/19/guss-chocolate-chip-cookies-dog-food-sandwich-solution/; satisfaction guaranteed! Continue reading
Honey, honey!
Suza brought honey themed hostess gifts to our Easter Sunday luncheon. (Was it Emily Post who said: take something when you go as a guest, and send a note after you’ve been? Whoever, it’s advice to which I try to adhere: http://www.emilypost.com/social-life/hosts-and-guests/772-should-i-bring-a-hostess-gift .) Continue reading
Baked Good / Brunch / Dinner / Lunch / Product Review
Gluten Free Gus 