Returning food to the sacred
I found this recipe a while back in a slow cooker recipe book. It was good, but not great. I made it to the recipe in the book and then quickly set to the task of breaking it down and making it something better. After changing a few things and adding a few others, this […]
A Recipe With A Legendary History The history of Chili or Chili Con Carne in the United States is long and passionate. Whole debates, books, and media wars have occurred over what constitutes a proper bowl of chili, and if you travel through Texas… forget it. People might come to blows over a disputed ‘right’ […]
ho·ly 1. Belonging to, derived from, or associated with a divine power; sacred. 2. Regarded with or worthy of worship or veneration; revered: a holy book. 3. Living according to a strict or highly moral religious or spiritual system; saintly: a holy person. 4. Specified or set apart for a religious purpose: a holy place. […]
The journey with squash continues over here in our little jungle house in Maui. After the soups and the muffins and the steamed pumpkin, I began looking through my Pinterest food board to get some new ideas. I found this and I’m telling you, it’s my latest FAVORITE thing. I’ve made it twice now. It’s […]
I’ve been in a soup mood, can you tell? Trying to savor each last second of cooler to cold weather here on the North shore, I’m longing for the nurturing textures of a bisque and crusty gluten free bread whenever possible. This one was inspired by the huge leeks I’m getting in our CSA box […]
Last Saturday, Jon and I took a long drive around the north east end of the island. There is a gorgeous retreat center just past Hana, and I was on a scouting mission for a possible retreat I’ll be hosting next Fall. It was the perfect excuse to grab our cameras and just take a […]
Growing up, we never had artichokes. It just isn’t part of the Cuban cuisine, and really, anything that would require eating with your hands would have utterly scandalized my mother. For a time growing up she tried to have us all eat pizza with a fork and knife, until my father intervened. I can’t remember […]
This week I’ve been staying with my brother who has Down’s Syndrome, while my mother travels. Its a two week stay and although he is quite high functioning, he still needs quite a bit of chauffeuring around and dinners cooked. He makes his own breakfasts and lunches, but left to his own devices, he would […]
We continue to make pizzas in this house as if they were going out of style. Having the Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free Pizza Mix makes it easy and when hit with low grocery inventory in the refrigerator, it also seems to be an easy fix. Yes… I did just use the words ‘grocery inventory’. […]
