Before I met the HH, he was a culinary vagabond, a peripatetic bon vivant who spent his evenings wandering from one acclaimed restaurant to the next. The HH, you see, ate almost all of his meals in restaurants in the days before our romance blossomed in the late 1990s (and I’ve written before how he once lived […]
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Home for the Holidays. . .Gluten-Free Style!
The holiday spirit is definitely in the air. . . and today, I’m excited to tell you about a blog event in which I’m participating, called the Home for the Holidays. . . Gluten Free Style! It’s hosted by Shirley of Gluten Free Easily and will continue from now until December 23rd. Please join me, Shirley, and 23 other gluten-free bloggers […]
The Original Slow Cooker: Review of 150 Best Tagine Recipes
[Hearty, slurpy, stick-to-your-ribs Lentil and Almond Tagine] Up until last month, the only tagine I had ever eaten were this one ** or one at a small Middle Eastern restaurant that the HH and I went to in the early days of our relationship. But then I was contacted by the lovely Martine from Robert […]
Homemade Edible Gifts
I thought this would be a perfect week to share some of my favorite recipes on the blog that would also make fantastic homemade–and edible–gifts. In my younger years, I made almost all of my gifts myself (edible or otherwise). Of course, the fact that I was a student living in penury (I won’t say I […]
Plumberry Sauce (or Jam!), a New Favorite at Thanksgiving
I was chatting yesterday with some online buddies about Canadian-vs-American Thanksgiving (I’d say the tacit consensus was that Americans make more of a fuss about it) and I admitted that, in the home of my childhood, we never actually celebrated T-Day. My memory about it is fuzzy (who am I kidding? My memory about everything is fuzzy these […]
A Gluten Free Holiday I: Healthier Over the Holidays with Lower Carb, Date-Free Squares
[Date-free Date Squares! Photo credit: Celine Saki.] Let’s get ready for the holidays! This is Week One of A Gluten Free Holiday–2011 Edition, so get those ovens fired up, pull out the fancy china, polish the silverware*, and start planning those place settings! The event is the brainchild of our lovely hostess, Amy over at Simply Sugar and […]
Antioxidant-Rich Nut Butter, Breakfast Bake, Plus Cocoa Cardio Review & Giveaway
[Your breakfast awaits.] Those of you who follow me on Facebook or twitter might already know that I’ve spent eight out of the past nine days without my computer. (It was infected with a horrible virus that three computer fix-it guys couldn’t fix; we lucked out on Number Four). Because my full-time job occurs almost […]
SOS November Ingredient Reveal!
[No, my computer isn’t fixed yet. But since this post was all ready to go anyway, I figured I’d let you all in on the SOS Ingredient reveal. Enjoy!] Happy November! It’s the beginning of the month, which means it’s also time for a new SOS Kitchen Challenge ingredient reveal! Your posts last month all […]
Autumn Fruit Crumble
I grew up in a home where my two sisters and I learned to bake before our birthdays hit the double digits. Before we learned to read, before we wore a training bra, before we could drive a car, we were baking. As young as four or five, we’d be enlisted to help stir a […]
SOS for October 2011: We’re Back (and Ingredient Reveal)!
Welcome back to our very first SOS Kitchen Challenge of the new season! After a slightly protracted summer break, Kim and I are back in fine form with our monthly event that asks you to cook up either sweet or savory recipes using a featured ingredient. Many thanks to all of you who’ve been asking […]