Eating the Scenery

Routinely, the Schreiber and Sons booth at the farmers' market is stuffed with greens of all sorts, including herbs like basil, cilan...

From left:  Cherry-Almond, German Chocolate,  and Useful Plain Coconut Cream Barks "What to do with coconut butter" is one of...

No grains!  Just great flavors and crispy, savory delight! Going out to eat grain free is a mighty challenge.  So we accept rice, and ev...

Once you try these, you may begin to see the merits of eschewing grains.  Tender and satisfying, these pancakes actually are reminiscent o...

Because most baked goods are made with grains and sugars, and serve as vehicles for stuff we don't want to eat much of, like jams, syr...

A batch of these grain-free delights is easy to make and keep in the fridge, and the cookies are a welcome sight on mornings when you don...

As part of our Gluten-Free January project, I've tried a few (very few) recipes for baked goods that will satisfy our acquired-over-deca...

Mixed berry wha t? This lush, earthy yet sophisticated dessert proved a beautiful, delicately vanilla-scented solution for a Costco-sized...

Ever seeking to reduce my use of refined sugar, and increase good fats , I decided to try making some ice cream with no refined sugar at al...

Casa Mia makes a delicious dessert of zabaglione topped with mango puree.  My Costco mangoes were ripening alarmingly fast, so I decided to...

Rummaging in the freezer, I found cranberries from last year.  And beside them, a container of pluot sauce frozen this summer.  Combine th...

This week my stepdaughter was married.  Naturally, the newlyweds have been on our minds a lot.  Today as I was making applesauce of delicio...

Buy lots of deep-red, organic Dapple Dandy pluots from Gilmore Farms at Farmers' Market Let pluots get really soft and juicy Wash pluots...

September has come upon us. The chill of night, the heaped cumulus clouds in the sharp blue sky of day ... and the abundance, nay, plethora...

Nothing evokes the essence of summer like basil--you know that sudden wave of sunshine that washes over you in winter when you open a freeze...

The taste of rhubarb still thrills me as much as it did when we ate canned fruit all winter and gloried in this, the first "fruit"...

What is it about goat cheese? I'm not a big fan of soy, so goat cheese is kind of my tofu. But it has way more personality. It works ...

If you find yourself with some giant, local Fuji apples , this recipe is the best thing to do with them, bar none. With overuse of sugar a...

I confess to becoming more and more determined through my years of cooking to create recipes that are not only tasty but good for you, and...