Need a Gluten-Free Dessert?

      

This one's perfect for a dessert! Angela Garbacz, who owns Goldenrod Pastries in Lincoln, Nebraska and wrote the new cookbook Perfectly Golden, came by Tonia's Kitchen to talk about her Gluten-Free Lemon Almond Torte. It's a cream cake with almond flour base. It also includes lemon zest and lemon curd. The torte is a fresh, light dessert that is wonderfully tangy and really goes well with summer!

A Purple Lamb

Well, not quite. But you would be surprised at the "secret" ingredient from this take on Rack of Lamb from Debbie Wilson Berment. She's the author of the new cookbook The Sagajo Experience. Chef Debbie stopped by Tonia's Kitchen to talk about her use of culinary lavender, which she says is added to other spices and used on the lamb like a kind of dry rub. Debbie says not only does the lavender offer a huge difference in the flavor of the lamb, but it actually has medicinal properties as well. Add some lemon zest to the mix and roast it! It's a different take on a real classic.