Last week I talked about tasting honey. In my opinion, honey can be overpowering – rich, sweet, even palpitation-inducing – on its own and tastes best in combination with more savory ingredients…like tea, or nuts, or meat. The very different flavors balance and enhance each other. And, honey is a great binding agent for pulling together…
Category: Dessert
Cornstarch crepes with fresh fruit
According to Lou Seibert Pappas, an authority on the subject, dessert crepes were originally made from wheat flour, and savory crepes, interestingly, were made with buckwheat – a gluten-free seed that is milled into flour. Crepes were also cooked on good old cast iron pans, instead of the fancy, electric crepe cooking appliances available today….
Quick GF Pineapple Upside-down Cake
Last night, I totally messed up the cake I was making. You know how pineapple upside down cake is supposed to have the pineapple at the bottom of the cake pan while baking? Well, mine had it in the middle. And, I was planning to mix strawberry chunks (dusted in sugar and then frozen) into…
Egg-, Gluten-, & Dairy-free Rich Dark Chocolate Tapioca Pudding
National Tapioca Day was yesterday. It inspired me to make a dish that I normally wouldn’t make. You see, I am one of the few people who doesn’t seem to have great memories of eating tapioca pudding as a kid. I just couldn’t get past the texture. But, my husband does love tapioca pudding, so…
Key Lime Bars and Mayan Brownies with a kick
One of the reasons I, and many other people, love traveling is the opportunity to savor local foods. To taste fruit ripened on the branch/vine the way it should be. To experience the bustle, sounds, and sights of an open-air marketplace. To smell a meal prepared with fresh herbs and spices. To toast a new…
Gorgeous Key Lime Curd Tart with Berries
This week, in answer to my prayers about finding ways to use up fruit, Bon Appetit came in the mail, spreading good eats and cheer in the form of a Lime Tart with Blackberries and Blueberries. I modified the recipe to include raspberries instead of blueberries (since I don’t eat one type, but had cartons…