Highlighting Native Foods: Savory Acorn Quinoa Muffins

There is always something new for me to discover at the market that caters to our city’s north Asian transplants and culinary fans.  This time, it was acorn starch.  Gluten-free and intriguing, I couldn’t resist grabbing a bag to experiment with. Koreans use acorn starch to make a jelly called dotormiuk.  I had other plans…

Mouth-watering GF Bacon Cheddar Herb Muffins

My husband and I recently returned from a trip with friends.  We got together for brunch to sort through the 5,500+ photos and video clips we’d taken between the 5 of us.  Thank goodness for digital cameras. Actually, I remember when I moved to Venezuela in 1990 for a year, I took a lead bag…