Posts Tagged: dinner

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Finally, a good gluten-free pizza crust

Until recently,  I have had a resigned attitude toward making gluten-free pizza crust at home.  The only really good gluten-free pizza’s I had eaten had been made in a wood-fire oven or on a grill and I don’t own either

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Finally, a good gluten-free pizza crust

Until recently,  I have had a resigned attitude toward making gluten-free pizza crust at home.  The only really good gluten-free pizza’s I had eaten had been made in a wood-fire oven or on a grill and I don’t own either

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Cauliflower Gratin with Horseradish and Poppy Seeds

I just got off the phone with my best college girl friend, Rebecca.  We lived together when she was a Sophomore and I was a Junior.  We rented the furnished apartment of an old lady in Yonkers.  It had two

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Cauliflower Gratin with Horseradish and Poppy Seeds

I just got off the phone with my best college girl friend, Rebecca.  We lived together when she was a Sophomore and I was a Junior.  We rented the furnished apartment of an old lady in Yonkers.  It had two

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Better Layered Blini Mushroom Casserole (gluten-free or not)

Last winter I made a Layered Wild  Mushroom and Blini Casserole in an attempt to recreate a gluten free version of my favourite dish from the long ago closed House of Blini on East 86th street in Manhattan.  For the

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Better Layered Blini Mushroom Casserole (gluten-free or not)

Last winter I made a Layered Wild  Mushroom and Blini Casserole in an attempt to recreate a gluten free version of my favourite dish from the long ago closed House of Blini on East 86th street in Manhattan.  For the

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Andalusian Style Honey Lamb Stew

This is my attempt to recreate the best thing that I ate when I visited Seville.  I travelled to Spain many years ago now and I do not know why it has taken me so long to attempt to figure

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Andalusian Style Honey Lamb Stew

This is my attempt to recreate the best thing that I ate when I visited Seville.  I travelled to Spain many years ago now and I do not know why it has taken me so long to attempt to figure

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Roasted Cauliflower Salad with Dukkah

So For me, the flavours of the Middle East and Africa are the most unfamiliar and exotic.  My grandparents raised me on Eastern European and British Irish comfort food.  I also encountered all kinds of Asian food growing up in

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Roasted Cauliflower Salad with Dukkah

So For me, the flavours of the Middle East and Africa are the most unfamiliar and exotic.  My grandparents raised me on Eastern European and British Irish comfort food.  I also encountered all kinds of Asian food growing up in

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Fake Tandoori Chicken

A while back I tried a recipe for buttermilk roast chicken.  The recipe suggested that you allow the chicken to marinate in the buttermilk for 24 hours and the result was very tender.  I had used a whole chicken cut

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Fake Tandoori Chicken

A while back I tried a recipe for buttermilk roast chicken.  The recipe suggested that you allow the chicken to marinate in the buttermilk for 24 hours and the result was very tender.  I had used a whole chicken cut

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Aunt Claire’s Tourtière (with a gluten-free crust)

Last Christmas, my cousin Tanya gave me her mother’s recipe for tourtière.   This recipe is neck and neck with my gluten-free butter tarts for the title of most Canadian post on this blog.   It is a simple, delicious

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Aunt Claire’s Tourtière (with a gluten-free crust)

Last Christmas, my cousin Tanya gave me her mother’s recipe for tourtière.   This recipe is neck and neck with my gluten-free butter tarts for the title of most Canadian post on this blog.   It is a simple, delicious

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Pumpkin Walnut Soup

I have been very attracted lately to soup recipes that are made rich by the addition of nuts rather than cream.  Last winter I made two soups that were enriched with cashew cream (curried broccoli soup and cream of mushroom

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Pumpkin Walnut Soup

I have been very attracted lately to soup recipes that are made rich by the addition of nuts rather than cream.  Last winter I made two soups that were enriched with cashew cream (curried broccoli soup and cream of mushroom

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Sourdough Blini (Gluten-Free)

I have not posted anything about my gluten-free sourdough starter for a little while.  That is misleading.  The sourdough starter has continued to demand a lot of attention and produce a lot of pancakes and Estonian style dark sourdough bread

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Sourdough Blini (Gluten-Free)

I have not posted anything about my gluten-free sourdough starter for a little while.  That is misleading.  The sourdough starter has continued to demand a lot of attention and produce a lot of pancakes and Estonian style dark sourdough bread

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Roasted Cauliflower with Hazelnuts and Pickled Celery

When I was about 9 years old I  received as a gift a beautiful set of Nijinsky and Pavlova paper dolls which depicted all of their costumes from the Ballet Russe.  I was so taken with these costumes that I

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Roasted Cauliflower with Hazelnuts and Pickled Celery

When I was about 9 years old I  received as a gift a beautiful set of Nijinsky and Pavlova paper dolls which depicted all of their costumes from the Ballet Russe.  I was so taken with these costumes that I