Our friends Coach and Boots were kind enough to take Kenan and me with them up to Boots’ parents’ place in New Hampshire for the long weekend. I was excited to do some baking for a discerning audience; Boots comes from a family of epicureans, and besides, what better excuse is there for fancy kitchen tricks than a holiday, and a big ol’ fancy suburban kitchen? As Boots’ mom recently discovered that she has coeliac disease, and also because I felt the need to impress said mom (I’d been told many tales of her prodigious cooking skills), I decided to go all-out and do a flourless chocolate cake.

the gluten-free festivities continue across the lake.