Baking gluten-free seems daunting at first, doesn't it?I had grown used to scoop and dump. Soften the butter, rip open the bag of white flour, turn on the KitchenAid. I barely had to think. My body remembered the movements of baking for me. Cookies...

There's a funny way of looking at food when you first find out you can't eat a certain one.I started dividing food into two categories: can and can't. I can eat roasted potatoes, Alaskan salmon, fresh quince, raspberry jam, teff porridge, and duck...

I love a good roasted turkey, the skin crisp, the flesh juicy. Thanksgiving dinner doesn't start for me until I have stolen a piece of skin from the bird just out of the oven.For that reason, a dry turkey that flecks off the bone and makes me reach for...

A few days ago, we returned from California, put down our bags, and relaxed for a moment. Then, the thought struck me, as soon as I saw the date. Good god, it's almost Thanksgiving.Can someone explain to me how this happened?(Yeah, I know — that...

Gluten-Free Gingerbread, adapted from November 2009 issue of GourmetRain is hitting the windows on the door behind me so hard it sounds like little pellet guns full of pebbles are being fired at me. For days the wind has blown and blown, taking all the...