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Gluten-Free Triple Ginger Cookies

Before I went gluten-free, this Fresh Ginger Cookie recipe from Allrecipes.com was one of my very favorites.  I got a lot of requests from...

Gluten-Free Lemon-Vanilla Sugar Cookie

A happy accident turned plain lemon cookies into something extra special.  My homemade vanilla extract was just about gone and as I was pouring out...

Gluten-Free Chocolate Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

This recipe is the happy end result from a total baking failure.  It was Thursday, November 25 2010: Thanksgiving Day.  I went against my...

Gluten-Free Blueberry and Cream Cheese Scones

If you're not of the gluten-free persuasion and you happen to visit Honolulu, the blueberry scones at Diamond Head bakery are pretty killer.  They're...

Christmas Smooth and Melty Mint Toffee

Is anybody else totally smitten with these Guittard Smooth and Melty Mint Nonpareil chips?  They were one of those total impulse buys at the...

Yetakelt W’et- Spicy Mixed Vegetable Stew

From what I’ve seen of Ethiopian cooking, meat dishes and stews are exactly that: meat.  While stews in the United States are a one...

Ye’abesha Gomen- Ethiopian Collard Greens

Has anybody else totally overdone it over the past couple of days?  I know I have had a few too many Turkey Terrific sandwiches...

Sweet Onion and Corn Cheddar Grits

Why, oh, why did it take me so long to discover grits?  I’ve been a pretty big fan of their Italian cousin, polenta, for...

Vegan Black-Eyed Pea Coconut Rice Pudding

Does the idea of black-eyed peas in a dessert kind of weird you out?   There were no moon cakes or daifuku mochi (or any...

Southern Sweet Lime Tea

I suppose I should have tried to make and drink a true Southern sweet tea, but I just can’t bring myself to add a whopping 3...