One of the first recipes I ever made was a risotto from Nigel Slater’s Real Cooking (my first cookbook, actually). With all the fretting and insecurity over letting the risotto boil too hard and cooking the rice to al dente (yes, you can read some pretension into that italicization, not to be attributed to Nigel …
Author Archives: Adrienne
Happy happy
Sometimes when I see someone in an outfit that is entirely unflattering, I can’t decide whether to think, “Good for them, throwing caution to the wind, wearing what they want, huzzah!” or sending them telepathic memos to reconsider their wardrobe choices. And when I consider posting a photo of my lunch (which became dinner, and …
Old(er)
My birthday is just around the corner. I’m actually rather relieved to be older (goodbye youthful angst, hello tenant insurance and phone bills), though there are panicked moments of existential turmoil (“Oh gawd, what am I doing with my life???”). But really, it’s just another day. And, there’s cake. Someone once told me that it’s …
If you can’t stand the heat
Getting pizza dough to rise a little faster by putting it on the furnace. Dooo dooo dooooo….
Away
Traveling is always interesting on the gastrointestinal system. New place, new food. Constipation. Poopsies. The psychology of fast food chain restaurants is that it is a source of comfort to eat the same food that you find at home when you are away from home. So I guess the bowel movements can stay regular. I …
Mmmmoist.
Baking is like alchemy. You mix a bunch of things together, put it in the oven, and it bakes into a delicious, soft, mmmoist little item, and then you give it to your friends and they eat it and like it and really like you because of it and it’s all peaches and sunshine and …
Squish squash
So in case you were wondering, I eat more than just muffins. I eat a lot of soup too, especially when it gets colder outside. In fact maybe my pseudonym should be the Soup Lady…but that conjures up an image of a large, brawny woman with a tight bun of hair and forearms the size …
Yowzaaa!!!
So! I made a gluten-free, vegan version of the chocolate gingerbread. And….I think it might even be better than the wheat one. Yeah that’s right. It was gooey but light, moist but not soggy. Dark, dreamy, and delicious. A smattering of pumpkin seeds on top. Four mini loaves to nibble through. So happy!!!
Think pink!
Ah, pink. The colour of Barbie, Pepto-Bismol, and ambiguously gay men. The sibling of red, the half-cousin of purple. There’s something about pink that makes me shudder with disgust and yet gives me a sense of perpetual cheeriness. Luckily, the thought of pink food tends to give me the giggles. A few weeks ago as …
It can’t be sunny everyday
While I like to maintain the image of effortless perfection and grace, sometimes things don’t go as they are planned. Like lemon muffins. This is my third attempt thusfar at making lemon poppyseed gluten free muffins. I forget what happened the first time. Must have smothered it in my memory bank. The second time, the …