There are certain foods from childhood that evoke a sense of comfort, of home, of mom. For me, my mom's southern cornbread recipe is one of them. Not just any cornbread, mind you--it must be my mother's cornbread, made with yellow cornmeal (and an ungodly amount of butter). If my … [Read more...]
Glazed Cranberry Bread
Come Thanksgiving, there are some things that are non-negotiable; cranberry bread for breakfast, for example. Typically, I dutifully whip up a classic recipe loaded with chopped cranberries, orange zest and walnuts. But after 22 years of essentially making the same recipe (now a … [Read more...]
Gluten-Free Cardamom & Vanilla Bean Pound Cake
Here in Southern California the stone fruits have arrived. I know that must make those of you who are still suffering from a cold and schizophrenic spring, green with envy. A few weeks ago we got cherries and apricots, and now come peaches and nectarines. For whatever reason, … [Read more...]
Gluten-Free Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread
I saw it lurking under a giant leaf a few days earlier. I knew it was a big one, but how big, I really had no idea. I made plans to take care of it later in the afternoon. But I forgot (for three more days). By the time I remembered it was there, it was already a foot long--thick … [Read more...]
Light & Delicious Gluten-Free Zucchini Bread
Light & Delicious Gluten-Free Zucchini Bread I am of the firm belief that the idea of zucchini is much better than the reality. That one can gently press a small seed, no bigger than a fingernail, an inch into the garden soil and get such a enormous, blossoming, fruiting … [Read more...]