I've been on a quest for a really scrumptious chocolate sorbet for a while. When it's hot, it hits the chocolate spot like nothing else. More refreshing than a dairy ice cream, this sorbet is still seductively creamy, with a meltingly silky … [Read more...]
Celebrating with rye-flour chocolate brownies
Today is my sister Amy's birthday, and in two days' time it will be niece Caitlin's. A few days after that it's our Mom's special day. We were meant to be celebrating all these important dates together this year. Well, we still are -- just across … [Read more...]
Olive oil and sweet wine cake (and an adopted olive tree)
This is an exquisite cake: feather light and springy as a pillow, fragrant with good citrus, extra virgin olive oil, and dessert wine. Developed at Chez Panisse in the 1980s where it was made with Sauternes, this cake is subtle, complex and … [Read more...]
Sicilian fast food: lemon spaghetti
This simple and utterly delicious pasta dish was a revelation when we tasted it at Annarella and Fabio's table outside Noto in Sicily. We were there to visit the organic farm where they grow lemons, oranges, almonds and olives, one blissfully sunny … [Read more...]
Claudia Roden’s orange flan (dairy free)
Oh my. I have a weakness for custards ... and there are few things more exquisite than a really good orange in its season.... So I was intrigued by Claudia Roden's recipe for a baked custard -- a flan -- made with no milk or cream: just eggs, a … [Read more...]
New decade, new national food strategy
Listen to Laura's podcast of this food essay by clicking the arrow below: I love January. Despite its grey tendencies, I relish the fresh start, the hopeful certainty that last year’s inadequacies can be redressed by what comes … [Read more...]
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