Sweet Potato Falafel with Yogurt-Tahini Sauce
on Jan 4, 2009 in soy higher-fat gluten-free I don't exactly know how I came to have about a dozen sweet potatoes in my pantry. I seem to remember buying a few for a casserole that I never got around to making, but I'm not quite sure how the others got there. My secret suspicion is that

Moin-Moin (Nigerian Savory Black-eyed Pea Cake)
on Jan 1, 2009 in CORE holidays gluten-free eat to live Happy New Year! As you know, it's supposed to be lucky to eat black-eyed peas on New Year's Day. Every year around this time I scour my cookbooks and my imagination for new ways to cook them because the way I grew up eating them was, frankly, a

Lower-Fat Peanut Butter Banana Cookies
on Dec 23, 2008 in holidays higher-fat Every year around the holidays, I like to post a recipe (or two) that's a little higher in fat than my normal fare. Last year it was Double Layer Pumpkin Cheesecake and the year before it was Eggnog Cheesecake. This year I'm departing from the

Butter Bean Soup with Portabellas and Wild Rice
on Dec 20, 2008 in CORE Southern cooking gluten-free eat to live In the depths of winter weather--or as deep as it gets in these parts--often the only thing standing between me and acute culinary boredom is the freezer. Sure, pumpkins and winter squash are exciting at first, but it doesn't take long before summer

Fall Harvest Fruit Cake (Persimmon-Apple Cake)
on Dec 16, 2008I came home after Thanksgiving with a bag of persimmons from my parents' garden. As my father pointed out to me, these were fairly small fruits and still hard at the time, so I'd have to wait for them to soften up before I could eat them. If y

Winners!
on Dec 14, 2008 in events First of all, thank you for the outpouring of compassion so many of you have shown over the loss of our Leda. My heart goes out to those of you who have lost pets yourself, and I appreciate your sharing your stories with me. Now, I have a prize to...

Leda
on Dec 14, 2008Later today I'll have a winner to announce, but right now I want to apologize for not having posted any new recipes this past week and to tell you a little about what's been going on in my life. Those of you who follow me on Twitter will have h