It’s still sweet potato season here. What a great time for a Gluten-free Sweet Potato Pie. This dish is so versatile, you can serve it for dinner or dessert. My friend Judy gave me this recipe. She makes it for Thanksgiving for her relatives on a gluten-free diet. They serve it with dinner, sometimes melting marshmallows...

Here’s a Cranberry Sauce Recipe from my friend Robin. It sounds yummy! Robin wrote, Here’s my personal fave… given to me by a friend… I sometimes add a little orange zest: Cranberry Wine Sauce (Can be made up to 1 week ahead) Mix in a medium saucepan over medium heat: 3 cups Cranberries 1-1/2 cups Sugar 1-1/4 cup Port Wine (Gallo...

Mark Bittman at the NY Times makes an alternative to latkes that’s called potato nik. He learned it from his grandmother. It’s easy and that’s the point! You simply use your favorite potato pancake recipe (click the link to see mine). Instead of cooking them individually, Mark cooks them as one...

Clotilde, who has a food blog called Chocolate and Zucchini, posted today about how some people just don’t like cauliflower, harmless as it may seem. So she invented Cauliflower Soup with Turmeric and Hazelnuts, in part to get her husband to eat some cauliflower hidden in a luxurious soup. That reminded me of a very...

“Latkes” is the Yiddish word for pancakes (usually potato pancakes). Jewish people eat latkes for Hanukkah because of the oil they’re fried in. It symbolizes the miracle of the oil: A little over 2000 years ago, the Jewish people were besieged by a Greek army. Many were barricaded in the...

Here’s a recipe for applesauce that you can prepare to your own taste. The wonderful thing about applesauce is that you can make it to suit your personal preferences. If you’d prefer it less sweet, add less sugar. If you prefer it more tart, leave out the butter and choose apples that...