Thanksgiving Cooking 2015 {+ gf persimmon cake}
I’m writing this while rain pours down outside my windows and thunder crashes in the distance. It’s been so long since we’ve experienced a proper …
{gluten-free} Caramel Apple Pie
Last week we spent a few days in Istanbul – just a 4-hour flight away, it was the perfect escape. My lingering impression, other than …
{gluten-free} Gingery Applesauce-Oat Cookies with Dried Cherries
Hi, me again with yet another cookie recipe. I swear I used to post healthy vegetarian and vegan recipes and I still cook this way …
Cherry-Almond Scones
I’m sort of desperately clinging to the idea of fall weather — the mornings here have been a tiny bit cooler the past few weeks …
Honey-Sweetened Lemon Curd
A hazy sky today. The wish for San Francisco’s Indian Summer sun — or fog, whichever — is particularly strong. Fall in the city by …
Peanut Butter-Chocolate ‘Nice Cream’
October, and the main difference we notice here is that it’s cooler in the mornings, or at least not as hot. I sneak in my …
Spelt-Honey Cake: For Now (or Later)
One aspect of international living is the last minute cramming into your suitcase all and sundry items you wish to take back home with you …
A {gluten-free} Lemon Cake
[Kehoe Beach, August 2015.] Yesterday we were on a beach in the blazing sun watching the Pacific roar and hurtle itself onto the sand; today …
{gluten-free} Whole Grain Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes
Yosemite holds a certain kind of magic. Though we spent just 48 hours there last week that time served as a balm to our dust-spattered …
Summer Staple (+ Gluten-Free Double Crisp Apple Crisp)
I’ve decided that each summer going forward should be marked by a particular staple, be it swimming early in the day, twice-weekly hikes, a certain …