We woke up in Portsmouth, a little tired, and very much grateful. We had been on the road, driving around New England in a minivan crammed with fresh vegetables, food from our sponsors for our guests, and a whole lot of memories in our heads.
Turning, Turning, To Simple Gifts Tuning in to the particular (and fleeting) pleasures of each changing season as we ride the wheel of the year may be my favorite spiritual practice. A practice that requires one simple thing. Attention. Which turns out to be not so simple, inevitably.
If you're pumpkin-ed out this season, then I promise to lay off soon. But not yet. Hey, speaking of pumpkin, I bet you could make these gluten free pumpkin brownies into apple brownies. Just swap out the pumpkin butter for apple butter, and the pumpkin pie spice for apple pie spice (or even just for cinnamon - apple pie spice is mostly cinnamon).
These Chocolate Whoopie Pies with Pumpkin Filling are not only gluten and grain-free, they're dairy-free and nut-free as well. Whoopie pies are little cake-like cookies filled with a rich creamy center. I've long wanted to make a gluten-free, grain-free whoopie pie cookie with a dairy-free filling. These treats are perfect for Halloween.
Years ago I visited an Italian American family at their sprawling complex in Central California. Nestled at the base of the foothills just a few miles from the beach, it was a captivating enclave Read more / get recipe → Is there really anything wrong with being nice?
Gretchen Olson
