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According to Lou Seibert Pappas, an authority on the subject, dessert crepes were originally made from wheat flour, and savory crepes, interestingly, were made with buckwheat – a gluten-free seed that is milled into flour.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…

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…

Coconut Brown Rice Pudding for Breakfast

When I was a kid, my favorite breakfast was a hot bowl of cream-of-wheat with milk and sugar and piles of Cheerios on top.  What I liked the most were the texture combinations – hot and cold, chewy and crunchy, as well as the sweet earthy flavor of wheat and oats.  It’s been many years…

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…