Sweet Cravings Gluten Free Desserts Cookbook Review and some Proustworthy Lemon Madeleines

A new gluten-free baking book, Sweet Cravings: 50 Seductive Desserts for a Gluten-Free Lifestyle (Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2013…

The Butcher's Great Granddaughter Meets the Baker's Daughter

Guten tag! The current book selection for the awesome online foodie book club, Cook the Books , is Sarah McCoy's " The B…

How to Make Gluten Free Crumpets

It's October in the genteel city of Charleston, South Carolina, and tea shop owner Theodosia Browning is not only busy with h…

Until the Thin Sings for her Lemon-Blueberry Bars and Garlic Cheese Biscuits

Checking out another gluten-free blogger is always a fun assignment. Learning their writing style, checking out their food photog…

Cilantro Crackers

They look innocent enough. Rather cute, actually. And the taste is good. But alas, my attempts to convert a gluten-ous cracker re…

Gluten Free Coconut Blondies

The March baking challenge at the Gluten Free Ratio Rally was brownies, as selected by our host, Frannycakes. The Gluten Free Ra…

I Heart Raspberry Cheesecake for One

There have been several health procedures and even one minor medical emergency these past several weeks at the Crispy Casa, so no…

Pop on Over

Trying to make popovers proved to be a difficult challenge for me for this month's Gluten Free Ratio Rally baking project. De…

Hummus in a Biscuit

This month's baking project for the Gluten Free Ratio Rally is BISCUITS in all their incarnations. My family are all Northern…

Cookbook Review: The Cookiepedia by Stacy Adimando

For me life's simple pleasures are the best: petting my dog and cats, strolling through the garden (or as in this time of yea…

Melomakarona Cookies

With Christmas packages needing a little sweet treat from the home ovens, it's been cookie baking time here at Chez Crispy, a…

Holiday Feasting Experiments and Giveaway Winner

The Thanksgiving feast keeps on giving as our family enjoys lots of savory leftovers. I'm giving thanks that I made all that …

Cinnamon Basil Cupcakes with Fresh Tomato Soup for Novel Food

If you are a gardener, cook or voracious reader of mystery novels, (or all three like me) you will love diving into Susan Wittig …

Maple Walnut Pie

"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe" said the late Carl Sagan .  Well, i…

Gluten Free Chocolate Donuts with Chocolate Glaze: Baked, Beany and Beautiful!

I sit here stunned. Amazed that I baked up something that was not only edible, made with normally infuriating talc-like, slippery…