Here's an updated take on the un-meatball recipe I posted last year. Jake added a whole mess of kale to these and they were the best we've tasted yet. I quickly wrote down the recipe, amounts are estimates, as with most of our savory dishes. For our everyday meals, it's more about technique than … [Read more...]
Vegan Vanilla Raspberry Ice Cream Cake with Chocolate Coconut Milk Ganache
This decadent vegan ice cream cake is made with frozen layers of vanilla and raspberry cashew cream and covered with coconut milk chocolate ganache. We've been on a homemade soy yogurt kick lately. After I tried thickening it by letting it sit in a coffee filter over a strainer {a trick I … [Read more...]
A Fare Isle Holiday plus Vegan Clementine Cardamom Buns Recipe
Christmas morning, rain pouring down against the panes, a little hand touches my cheek, "Mama, is it tomorrow?" "Yes, my love, now you can open your gifts under the tree!" We push off the covers and pull on our socks; hurry downstairs and to my surprise, my 3-year-old son opens 1 gift and stops, and … [Read more...]
Recipe: Vegan Linzer Cookies with Maple-Raspberry Preserves
Maybe it's the Louie and Ella Christmas songs playing, or the extra cup of mulled wine, but I'm feeling a wee bit sentimental. This year has been an amazing leg of this journey. Fare Isle is becoming what I had envisioned from the start and so much more. I can't wait to see where the New Year takes … [Read more...]
Recipe: Vegan Lemon-Anise-Almond Cornmeal Biscotti
Rituals. We all have them. As a child raised in a predominantly Italian-American family (don't let my surname fool you) baking dozens and dozens (probably hundreds) of cookies each December with my mother and sister was ours. And I loved every minute of it. These specialties were only made once a … [Read more...]
Fare Isle Gatherings: Winter Wreath Potluck
Our first ever Fare Isle Gathering took place last week at the Handlebar Cafe in downtown Nantucket. A small group of us gathered together for a wreath making potluck. We each brought materials collected in nature and some adornments such as ribbon to share. Then we got to work twisting wreaths from … [Read more...]
Recipe: Vegan Banana-Buckwheat Pecan Mini Bundts with Chocolate Drizzle
Mmmmm, bananas and chocolate, bananas and chocolate, my new mantra. Since making these mini banana bundts about a month ago or so, and subsequently coming up with a rap called Banana Bundts (don't ask....you can find the post in my Instagram feed...enjoy), they have been tempting me ever since. And … [Read more...]
DIY: Doily Print Baking Soda Clay Ornaments
I've been seeing images of doily cookies floating around pinterest, which piqued my interest. I thought the technique would be perfect for baking soda clay ornaments and decided to give it try this past weekend. I love this easy-peasy dough for ornaments, made with just 3 ingredients: baking soda, … [Read more...]
Vegan Gingersnaps recipe
Every year when the cool crisp winds of October roll around my husband starts asking, “Where is the pumpkin pie?” To be quite honest, I’m not a huge fan of pumpkin pie myself. I’m more of an apple pie lover. But, nonetheless, I effectuate biweekly {sometimes weekly} pies of his yearning. Always … [Read more...]
A Week Well Spent in Maine
Maine holds a special place in my heart. Maybe it's because I have visited Maine nearly every year since birth and have made treasured childhood memories there playing with my brother and sister amongst its rustic rocky shores. Or it could very well be its natural wild beauty. Last year my … [Read more...]
Recipe: Vegan Maple Spice Apple Cake
We arrived home to Nantucket last week refreshed from our journey up north to the Maine coast. Maine is filled with such natural beauty. I find my spirit drawn to its rustic ways. It's hard granite coastline weathered and worn. Houses sat just in their place, some long abandoned others lovingly … [Read more...]
Life Lately
It feels good to be back posting in this space again. The end of summer here is always a push. With the arrival of September comes a well-deserved deep exhale after the rushed summer months, as is life on a seasonal resort island. We partake fully in the changing of seasons. The fall harvests of … [Read more...]
Recipe: Pickled Raw Beet Carpaccio with Raw Nut Ricotta
We have an abundance of heirloom beets in the garden this month and we love to roast them with potatoes and carrots and also juice them in the mornings with carrot and cucumber. I was inspired to make something new with them and this raw carpaccio preparation did not disappoint. I love the flavor of … [Read more...]
