A Gluten-Free Success Story The email read: I’ve made many doughs with good success, but I tried the gluten-free dough from your cookbook this week…and it cracked and stuck to the rolling pin when I tried to roll it out. I was able to patch it together, but it wasn’t pretty! Any guidance before my next […]
Eating Your Oats
Eating Your Oats I love oatmeal. I especially love it steaming hot on winter mornings when I’m all tucked in with my feet up on the hearth in front of my wood stove and the sun is just peaking up over the horizon. I cooked up oatmeal for Duncan from the time he was a wee […]
Pumpkin Bread
Pumpkin Bread One of the perks of being a writer is that much of the time I get to work from home…in my jammies…well, not always in my jammies but I do revel in rolling out of bed and padding in to the kitchen in my slippers to make a cup of coffee, and then settling in to answer […]
Cornbread Gluten-Free/Gluten-Full
Cornbread Gluten-Free/Gluten-Full Everyone likes cornbread…well maybe not everyone but I sure do, especially hot out of the oven and served with melting butter on top. I used to make it regularly for suppers when my family was young but as my household got older and smaller, and I became an empty nester, I made it far less often. […]
Pie Cottage Scones
Pie Cottage Scones I’ve made scones for years using a recipe that was handed to me from Sue, a friend with a baking style much like my own. I learned to bake without measuring equipment other than cups from the cupboard and spoons from the drawer. Sue’s instructions included words like soupspoon full and big plops. […]