For years people over-looked the culinary range of possibilities of this ingredient. Artificial, well-known versions of this ingredient fill grocery store shelves; authentic, lesser known, but better quality versions are difficult to find. Step-sibling to the more popular and preferred darker varieties of its substance, some people even doubt that the this ingredient even deserves…
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Recovering Traditional Naturally Gluten-Free Hopi Ingredients: Blue Corn Mesquite Flour Tortillas
I’m currently reading Medieval Tastes: Food, Cooking, and the Table, written by food historian Dr. Massimo Montanari. Dr. Montanari, within the context of discussing the history of medieval food and cooking, notes that in contemporary times we try to “authenticate the present by recalling the past, to legitimize what we are making now by saying…
Do Your Happy Dance: Milk Bar’s Corn Cookie Recipe, Gluten-Free
The Background I knew from the beginning of the episode of Chef’s Table devoted to Momofuku’s Milk Bar founder Christina Tosi’s life that she is a pastry chef whose food I can understand and to which I can relate. Totally unapologetic about her sweet tooth, Tosi embraces sugar and desserts instead of demonizing them. She…
Make These Gluten-Free Cocoa Jelly Muffins For Mom
This morning I heard a guest on a radio show tell about his mother’s ultimate sacrifice: her life. This guest, Frank Grunwald, was imprisoned in Auschwitz with his mother, father, and older brother when he was only eleven years old. Although the Indianapolis Star tells Mr. Grunwald’s story in full, it doesn’t tell why Mr….
Do You Love Coconut with Mango?
Coconut and mango form a partnership just meant to be. As with the classic pairings of peanut butter and chocolate, ice cream and cake, or caramel and sea salt, you know that when coconut and mango get together in one dish something delicious is going to happen. And something delicious definitely happens when you turn…
Visiting San Antonio for Fiesta? Eat at These Gluten-Free Friendly Restaurants
April in San Antonio: Fiesta! San Antonio has gained quite a few gluten-free friendly restaurants since I was first diagnosed with celiac disease, and they are dispersed across the city. People visiting San Antonio, who have to eat gluten-free, will find a nice selection of restaurants from which to choose. Since many Fiesta-related activities take…
Try Gluten-Free Cocoa Tomatillo Chicken in Home-Made Taco Bowls for Cinco de Mayo
With Easter just past, we now look forward to the next big holiday (in the state of Texas, any way): Cinco de Mayo. I don’t have much experience living in other parts of the country, but in Texas Cinco de Mayo is a big deal. The holiday is apparently not widely celebrated in Mexico outside…
Gado-Gado: A Naturally Gluten-Free Cabbage Salad with Satay Sauce
Today when I sat down to write this blog post, I started an episode of the Netflix series The Mind of a Chef. I enjoy watching this series. I find the chefs inspirational; I appreciate their passion and their creativity. The first episode I watched today, though, increased a little internal conflict I’ve had this…
Gluten-Free Peanut Flour Chocolate Chip Cookie Torte with White Chocolate Buttercream
Food writer, poet, and novelist Jim Harrison, when asked about the secret of longevity in marriage in an interview by writer John Avalon, notes that “Marriage is survived just on the basis of ordinary etiquette, day in and day out. Also cooking together helps a lot… I’ve seen all these marriages that failed. Those people…
