Lemons, with their bright, cheerful appearance and light, citrusy flavor, seem to sing summertime: think lemonade, lemon sorbet, lemon-blueberry anything. This fruit is so versatile, however, and so complementary to cool (cucumber, cilantro) as warm (ginger, cardamom) flavors, that neglecting to capitalize of their tart, sweet nature in winter-time baking would be a shame. Every…
Dessert
Rich, Delicate, and Naturally Gluten-Free: Orgeat Chocolate Meringue Torte
It tastes so delicious, even by itself on a spoon. It’s the taste of almond and orange, all at one time. It goes well in cocktails, makes delicious coffee drinks, and enriches the flavor of desserts. Praise be to God for the modern version, for the original version of this most delectable orgeat syrup, made…
You and Sugar May Still Be Friends; Make Up With Gluten-Free Coca-Cola Cake
Ed Whitlock, age 85, just broke an age group record for running a marathon (the Toronto Waterfront Marathon) in under four hours. The age group record Whitlock set in 2016 is only one in a long list of running records he has broken since he retired from his job as a mining engineer. He breaks…
Amazingly Easy Coconut Flour Crepes
I’ve been having so much fun demonstrating gluten-free cooking in the demo kitchen at the NW Military location of Natural Grocers (San Antonio). The people who attend the classes, offered by Natural Grocers free of charge to is patrons, are interesting, engaged, well-informed, and delightful. They are also very interested in what they put into…
Yes! You Can Spiralize Apples!
Like most people I know, the stories and accompanying photos of the wonders of low-carb spiralized zucchini sold me on the Paderno spiralizer. I bought one and for the longest time used it only for zucchini pasta. Then I graduated to sweet and russet potatoes for curly fries. Even with this change, however, I was…
Help! Gluten-Free Coconut – Pumpkin Spice Cake, Delicious Disaster!
Anyone who spends enough time baking and cooking in the kitchen will occasionally have both minor and epic failures in what they are trying to achieve with each dish. Sometimes even dishes one has made dozens of times will turn out a failure for some reason or another. Fortunately even famous chefs have their less…
Why, Yes! That Gluten-Free Pasta Is Made With Mesquite Flour!
Mexican Chocolate Filled Vanilla Bean Mesquite Ravioli With Caramel Sauce I recently taught a gluten-free pasta-making class , in which one of the attendees recounted her growing up years, when she and her siblings gathered fallen mesquite pods from the ground to be given to a Hill Country rancher who used them to feed his…
Cassava Flour and Gluten-Free Baking: A Love Affair
This post is about relationships. Yes, it is also about gluten-free baking and delicious gluten-free baking, and gluten-free cupcakes so tender, moist, and flavorful that they will make you cry, but it is most definitely about relationships. What is cooking, baking, and eating, after all, if not about relationships? We have relationships with the ingredients…
Gluten-Free Cookie Coated Peppermint Truffles
Another January arrives; another Christmas now lives on in memory and hearts, only. Christmas time is truly the best time of the year. The weather, though not exactly frigid, is less harshly hot. Houses and lawns sparkle with brightly colored lawn decoration and lights. Selections from Handel’s Messiah flow through the air in random places….
