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BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR A BELOVED FATHER

Yesterday was Father’s Day, and I’m still remembering my incomparable Dad, a great lover of sweets himself, who could polish off an entire cake in the middle of the night.  He was an iconoclast, who...

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WHISKEY TART FOR A BROKEN HEART

It’s been much too hot here in Santa Fe for my northern New England taste, and I’d been dreaming up all sorts of ideas for the next Sugar Nomad recipe.  They all involved some variation on light,...

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INDULGE YOUR INNER HOG BROWNIES (Gluten-Free!)

Nothin’ like a soul sistah … It’s been a roller coaster week, and it’s not even close to over.  I’m missing a lot of people in my life.  One is my friend, Sadaf, who is away for a month in Morocco....

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“MORE CHOCOLATE” SUMMER FRUIT PIE

All my adult life I’ve lived with roommates.  They’ve ranged from the West Point ex-tank commander in medical school to a houseful of hippies at the infamous Treetoad Farm to a crumbling Afghan fort...

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A Cookbook a Day … Keeps a Nomad Content in her Tent

Drumroll, please.  I will now reveal one of my more neurotically obsessive proclivities …. I love cookbooks.  KISS.  HUG.  One of the biggest problems with the English language in my opinion is that...

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GUADALUPE’S MIRACULOUS STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE

Sound wisdom from the Whole Foods bathroom. … Lethargic in the sweltering heat on the nomad front porch.   Clouds are teasing fitfully, but I don’t think there’s going to be any rain.  The plants are...

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Embroidery & Curry Shortbread Cookies as Spiritual Practice

Let the beauty we love be what we do … Christa with one of Asif’s creations — embroidery on hand painted silk. It may be the most over-quoted Rumi quote of them all, and I, for one, am pretty tired of...

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GOATS, ICE CREAM & JEWELS: Part 1

Walk in Beauty — House protection altar at the front door … My friend, Karen, is one of those people who attracts and creates beauty wherever she goes.  She exudes it like a fragrance … I mean, she...

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GOATS, ICE CREAM & JEWELS: PART 2

Back to the farm … Visiting with Beauty May. I daydream about desserts fairly often.  But it’s rare that I have a full on nighttime dream about them. It’s especially rare to dream about pudding.  I’ve...

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GOATS, ICE CREAM & JEWELS: Part 3

Entrance to Karen’s magical studio … There’s no sorrow a new pair of earrings can’t soothe … and with a lot fewer calories than a pint of ice cream. Okay, I’ll admit it.  I have kind of a thing for...

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Host a Henna & Cookie Party!

“Her hand is tinted gold with henna; She gave me a cup of wine like gold water …” — Hefny-bey-Nassifm It’s the middle of summer; can you believe it?  I’m sitting on the Nomad front porch, watching the...

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Healing Hands, Healing Sweets: Part 1

A good reminder for us all … from Rachel’s bathroom mirror! Modern dance is not something I understand.  At least I don’t get it when I watch it.  I took a few classes in college, which were fun, and...

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Healing Hands, Healing Sweets: Part 2

Santa Fe Sunflowers snapped from my bike on the way to bake some cake … Still warm frosted cake … who need a defibrillator? SAVED BY CAKE … It’s a lovely thought, isn’t it?  It’s also the title of a...

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MAKE COOKIES, NOT WAR!!

Pistachio-filled, buttery bites of Middle Eastern tradition … Mmmmm … My wonderful friends, Jodie & Antoine, live in a gorgeous home in the foothills of Santa Fe.  It’s the kind of place you never...

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Cirilo’s Cornbread for the Journey …

I realize things have been a little quiet on the Nomad trail of late.  There’s been a lot of magic afoot.  A lot of sadness over the passing of a dear, sweet, beloved friend — but also a healthy dose...

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SUPERPOWER PALEO CUPCAKES

Surrender, Dorothy …. view from the bike path … The glorious fall continues to unfold with astonishing beauty and curious happenings in the air.  Synchronous events blossom along with the...

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NEW ADVENTURES IN WHEAT-FREE HAPPINESS!

Open for Business!!! New, improved, and wheat-free … The Sugarplum Fairy … a little off kilter this year … Happy January, everyone!! Oh yes, folks … Sugar Nomad lives.  Why such a dreadfully long...

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TEA COOKIES FOR TOUGH TIMES

Tea for two … or two hundred. Is there anything nicer than tea? Perhaps not. On this blustery, overcast spring day – a rarity in Santa Fe – I’m sitting in a coffee shop, reading for my course in...

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Wheat-Free Tea Cookies & Sweet Turmeric Milk

“Come, oh come ye tea-thirsty restless ones — the kettle boils, bubbles and sings musically.” — Rabindranath Tagore Oh wow, so, mere minutes after publishing my last post about tea and cookies, I broke...

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THE LOST MACAROON OF SAN FRANCISCO

Remember that old show, Land of the Lost?? That seems to be where I’m residing these days. Trying to remain stable in the vortex of uncertainty and remember that it’s all divinely ordained. That it’s...

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