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Slacker’s Caramelized Rhubarb Clafouti (gluten-free or not)

I know that the strawberries are finally in season and I should be moving on from the rhubarb.  I know that this is my third rhubarb post this month.  I know. The truth is that I have a hard time

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Slacker’s Caramelized Rhubarb Clafouti (gluten-free or not)

I know that the strawberries are finally in season and I should be moving on from the rhubarb.  I know that this is my third rhubarb post this month.  I know. The truth is that I have a hard time

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The Simplest and Most Decadent Strawberry Dessert

I used to obsessively throw large dinner parties.  They were more like indoor picnics since there were usually about 17 guests and a definitely did not own a table large enough to seat everyone.  We would spread a big cloth

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The Simplest and Most Decadent Strawberry Dessert

I used to obsessively throw large dinner parties.  They were more like indoor picnics since there were usually about 17 guests and a definitely did not own a table large enough to seat everyone.  We would spread a big cloth

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Curried Avocado (Indian Guacamole)

We used to have a beautiful potted curry tree in our apartment.  We had grown it from a little baby plant that had come from the curry tree that used to belong to my husband’s Indian grandma.  The leaves had

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Curried Avocado (Indian Guacamole)

We used to have a beautiful potted curry tree in our apartment.  We had grown it from a little baby plant that had come from the curry tree that used to belong to my husband’s Indian grandma.  The leaves had

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Red Curry Salmon Cakes/ Green Curry Crab Cakes (gluten-free)

I go through phases where I cook a lot of Thai food.  When I was growing up on Maui there was an INSANELY good Thai restaurant that I ate at whenever I had the chance.  There are lots of Thai

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Red Curry Salmon Cakes/ Green Curry Crab Cakes (gluten-free)

I go through phases where I cook a lot of Thai food.  When I was growing up on Maui there was an INSANELY good Thai restaurant that I ate at whenever I had the chance.  There are lots of Thai

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Rio Zape Pot Beans with Collards and Roasted Garlic and Jalapeno

There are two stars in this simple dish…home made vegetable stock and Rio Zape Beans from Rancho Gordo. I have started using Silvi’s system for making experimental economical vegetable stock. It is amazing how much excellent soup stock you can

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Rio Zape Pot Beans with Collards and Roasted Garlic and Jalapeno

There are two stars in this simple dish…home made vegetable stock and Rio Zape Beans from Rancho Gordo. I have started using Silvi’s system for making experimental economical vegetable stock. It is amazing how much excellent soup stock you can

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Baby Turnip Fairytale- Turnip and Chicken Tagine with Green Olives and Preserved Lemon

I pride myself on loving strong flavours.  I like gamey meat, fishy fish, aged cheese, spice, all things fermented and pickled, bitterness and sourness in my sweetness.  So, I really want to love turnips.  But I just don’t.  I love

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Baby Turnip Fairytale- Turnip and Chicken Tagine with Green Olives and Preserved Lemon

I pride myself on loving strong flavours.  I like gamey meat, fishy fish, aged cheese, spice, all things fermented and pickled, bitterness and sourness in my sweetness.  So, I really want to love turnips.  But I just don’t.  I love

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Strawberry Rhubarb Slump (with gluten-free dumplings)

I have been haunted lately by a vague memory of our Estonian grandmother making stewed fruit (plums I think) with delicious little dumplings and streaks of goat milk.  It basically the sweet version of her vegetable soup with goat milk

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Strawberry Rhubarb Slump (with gluten-free dumplings)

I have been haunted lately by a vague memory of our Estonian grandmother making stewed fruit (plums I think) with delicious little dumplings and streaks of goat milk.  It basically the sweet version of her vegetable soup with goat milk

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For the Love of Sourness- Rhubarb Chutney

My maternal grandparents lived in a white farm house with a red roof and a veranda that wrapped around two sides.    I  have a lot of affectionate for the trees and plants that grew directly around that house.  These

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For the Love of Sourness- Rhubarb Chutney

My maternal grandparents lived in a white farm house with a red roof and a veranda that wrapped around two sides.    I  have a lot of affectionate for the trees and plants that grew directly around that house.  These

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Inspiration from our Mothers

Happy Mother’s Day! To celebrate I thought that I would share a little index of all of the recipes that we have posted on this blog that came from my Mother (Glenda) and my sister’s mother (Ieva).  They are both

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Inspiration from our Mothers

Happy Mother’s Day! To celebrate I thought that I would share a little index of all of the recipes that we have posted on this blog that came from my Mother (Glenda) and my sister’s mother (Ieva).  They are both

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Bhel-Poori, without the Poori (gluten-free)

Years ago, a good friend of mine went travelling for many months in India.   I had not travelled there yet myself, and when this friend returned he thoughtfully brought me the perfect gift…a story about food.  He spun a

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Bhel-Poori, without the Poori (gluten-free)

Years ago, a good friend of mine went travelling for many months in India.   I had not travelled there yet myself, and when this friend returned he thoughtfully brought me the perfect gift…a story about food.  He spun a