Dreamy Dairy-free Chocolate “Ice Cream”
Gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, yeast, and nut free.
Lots of restaurants serve sorbet—basil, key lime, pear with hints of coriander, lemon, lemon, or lemon. Made from fruit, sometimes coconut, and very occasionally chocolate, plus water and sugar. Sorbet is usually the only dessert option, other than fruit, for those […]
Gluten-friendly Osteria Basilico, near Portobello Market
Will cook your gluten-free pasta if you bring it.
Osteria Basilico is one of our favorite restaurants in all of London. It’s probably not on a top ten list; it isn’t very big; and it doesn’t try to be more than it is. What it is, is a deliciously […]
Gluten, Dairy and Egg-free Gingerbread
Free from: Gluten, dairy, egg, soy, nuts and yeast. Vegan.
This is our first, and perhaps only, Christmas in London. It’s dreary grey outside but the house is warm and full of family. With two daughters and two grandchildren here we’re having a cozy holiday filled with joyful screeching, heaps of wrapping […]
Gluten, dairy, egg and soy-free Apple Tart
Gluten dairy, egg and soy-free. Vegan. contains nuts.
Thanksgiving is coming and I am committed to making gluten, dairy, soy and egg-free desserts. I made a quince tart when I arrived in California last week totally jet-lagged. It was delicious but the amount of dough relative to the tart pan I had […]
Quince
These seductive beauties were shot in the dining room of Finca Buen Vino (FBV) during my Natural Light- Natural Food photography workshop in Andalucia. Extremely popular in Spain, quince come into their own in the Fall at fincas […]
Gluten, Egg and Dairy-free Oatmeal Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies
God Bless Fannie Farmer and Ruth Wakefield — the Moms, I believe, of American cookie baking.
The first published oatmeal cookie recipe is attributed to Fannie Farmer and appeared in the The Boston Cooking School Cook Book in 1896 written while she was director of the school (I can’t help but […]