I finally understand coffee. It took 24 years and a breakfast of fluffy white bread and jam to get it, but here I am, 'getting' it. When two Montreal business men who you meet in a small hotel in Lima, Peru remark on the quality of the coffee included in the continental … [Read more...] about Un Café, Por Favor
In Search of Incan Gold: Lucuma and Tropical Fruit
I can't go to the market. I am a single white female who doesn´t speak Spanish and who stands out like a sore thumb in Lima, Peru, which means I need to be accompanied at all times. That also means that normally I would just take a taxi everywhere but both the taxi and the … [Read more...] about In Search of Incan Gold: Lucuma and Tropical Fruit
Lufa Farms First Basket: Fresh Cherry Tomato Salsa with Green Pepper, Cilantro, and Lime
I couldn't bear to cook these beautiful cherry tomatoes. So I gave myself two options: Gazpacho or salsa. Salsa won. Really gazpacho and salsa are almost the same thing (more or minus lime juice, different kinds of vinegars, or tomato juice). But most importantly, for gazpacho I … [Read more...] about Lufa Farms First Basket: Fresh Cherry Tomato Salsa with Green Pepper, Cilantro, and Lime
The Great Newfoundland Rum Taste Test
8 people, 5 rums, I winner. I have great friends who volunteer to come to my house to taste test the rums I brought back from Newfoundland. Business and pleasure is a great combination sometimes. The Brands: Cruzan Blackstrap Aged Rum Iceberg Gold Old … [Read more...] about The Great Newfoundland Rum Taste Test
Organic Greens Salad with Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette and Roasted Green Beans
All you need for this is some 18-year aged balsamic vinegar from Arizona and some citrus oil... No, don't worry. That's not mandatory. It just turns out that there are some amazing balsamic vinegars being made on this side of the ocean...in a desert. You could also take a pretty … [Read more...] about Organic Greens Salad with Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette and Roasted Green Beans
Sprouted Chickpeas – My Second Sprouts
Here's the website I used for the sprouted chickpeas. It's better than anything I can provide. Her pictures are great. Of course, my setup was slightly different, but it all worked out the same way. I just used a fine-mesh strainer set over a bowl, and covered it with a loose … [Read more...] about Sprouted Chickpeas – My Second Sprouts
Emergency Carrot Cake Bombs for my Mom with Agave-Hazelnut Raw Cream Cheese
I forgot my mom can't eat cashews, so when I went out of my way to make her a carrot cake she could eat (no gluten, no sugar, no lactose), she couldn't eat it! Well, she could eat the cake, but not the cashew icing. So I used the same recipe as for the cashew-maple "raw" cream … [Read more...] about Emergency Carrot Cake Bombs for my Mom with Agave-Hazelnut Raw Cream Cheese
Best Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Carrot Cake with Maple-Cashew Cream Cheese
I made the cake perfectly so that no one would be able to tell it was gluten-free. Bonnie Stern's recipe was great, and the flour substitutions were undetectable. But the cream cheese is where it got interesting. I had heard from raw foodists that the best way to make raw "cream … [Read more...] about Best Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Carrot Cake with Maple-Cashew Cream Cheese
Vermiculture Parenthood
Remember my rice babies? That was the first time I realized I had a maternal instinct. Now I have more babies - lots and lots of babies! I refuse to touch them and I think they're kind of gross but I carried them in their box with some soggy newspaper all the way from the … [Read more...] about Vermiculture Parenthood
Gluten-Free Pizza Dough
I knew it wasn't going to be big and fluffy like normal pizza crust and I was okay with that. Thin-crust pizzas are "in" these days anyway. This crust was nice and crispy on the outside but soft and a little sweet on the inside, and worked just fine. I scoured a million … [Read more...] about Gluten-Free Pizza Dough