Texan that I am, I am naturally (because the pecan pie was originally a Texas thang, y’all) inclined to bake pecan pies. Many pecan pies a year. And not just for Thanksgiving dinner. Although plain pecan pies with the basic syrup – egg custard in a tender, flakey crust are delicious in their simplicity, dressed…
Celiac
Problem Resolved: Perfectly Baked Gluten-Free Yeast Bread
When Phillip and I visit a new city, we choose a hotel in the midst of the area of the city we most want to see and then see the city intimately on our runs, and then by walking from the hotel to the sites we want to visit. Exploring a city on foot allows…
Guilty Pleasure: Gluten-Free Sweet Potato Dessert Bars with Roasted Marshmallow Creme
Phillip and I just returned from a trip to Wales and Ireland, the purpose of our trip having been to run the Snowdonia Eryri Marathon. I have bittersweet feelings about being back. I love being home. I love seeing my family and being with my pups again. However, I really miss the people and landscape…
Gluten-Free Savory Risotto-Stuffed Acorn Squash with a Secret Ingredient
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…
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…
