The Professor and I managed to survive something called a ‘Polar Vortex’ – meaning temperatures for more than 48 hours were well below zero and windchill was a record-breaking -41 degrees. The good news is that as of today we’re in a heat wave at a 40 degrees above zero […]
Tag: whole milk
GLUTEN-FREE BANANA CREAM PIE WITH MACADAMIA PRALINE
When The Professor and I spend an entire day in the kitchen testing recipes or doing what we call ‘batch cooking’ where we make dishes ahead, we play a game called ‘Kitchen Jenga’ – or ‘how high can we pile dishes in the drainer before one of us pulls out […]
GLUTEN-FREE HOT CROSS BUNS
There’s a new man in my life. These past several months while The Professor lay sleeping beside me, I’ve been snuggled up with Thomas Keller – well not literally, but I have been snuggled up with his latest book, Bouchon.
GLUTEN-FREE RHUBARB TOASTER PASTRIES
Ten minutes to empty my head, empty my thoughts, pen-to-paper without stopping. No editing, no looking back – only moving forward. Wouldn’t it be great if we could live life this way? If I could live my life this way? Only moving forward, never looking back to edit, cross through, […]
SANBITTER BOOZY SHAKE
[grooveshark width=”250″ height=”40″ id=”30283479″ style=”metal”] Musical pairing – Stand By Me by Ben King Chocolate, vanilla and strawberry – and if you added the proverbial Neapolitan then that rounded the number up to four flavors of ice cream in my world back in the little house on Ankeny Street. We […]
HERBED FLATBREAD W/ROASTED BRUSSEL SPROUTS, PROSCUITTO & MORNAY SAUCE
[grooveshark width=”250″ height=”40″ id=35272049 style=grass”] Musical pairing – Anything You Want (Not That) by Belleruche We traveled on vacation to Vermont last summer and had a fantastic time. I keep thinking we’ll get around to putting together a video with all the great photos we shot but alas, the summer […]
A VALENTINE DELIVERY & QUINOA AND BEET PANCAKES
Musical pairing – New Kid In Town by The Eagles All I remember about that particular Valentine’s day is his downy-fuzz blonde hair and tiny little hands wrapped inside white flannel mittens decorated with red hearts. It had been a challenging delivery with labor starting and stopping the entire week […]
CRANBERRY VANILLA COFFEE CAKE
Musical pairing – Please Come Home For Christmas by The Eagles This will be one of those posts I beg forgiveness in advance about my photos (which I normally don’t do); you see, I made this coffee cake last year for Christmas before I started blogging or had any inkling about […]