Friday, December 4th, 2009
This unusual recipe for an orange peel-flavored quick bread comes from Marion Cunningham's Fannie Farmer Cookbook (1986). Full disclosure: the...
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There are times when you want something sweet and home baked for dessert, even if you worked all day and have no intention of going out shopping for...
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With the holidays approaching, it's time to think about turkey and stuffing. My favorite stuffing/dressing in the whole world -- not that I've...
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The simply phrased recipe from What Actors Eat When They Eat! (1939, available on the shelves of the Chicago Public Library's main branch), for Norma...
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Last week I learned about a recipe contest sponsored by the good people making Pama, the pomegranate liqueur (the packaging alone is lovely). And this...
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Everyone seems to be raving, this fall, about Honeycrisp apples -- addictive, like potato chips only healthier, you'll hear people say -- and my, they...
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Deep dish or any other pie recipes are much less daunting when you've found a pie crust recipe that makes sense. This one, from Dorie Greenspan's...
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These rich little date cakes are called "Date Bars I" in The Art of Making Good Cookies Plain and Fancy, written by Annette Laslett Ross and...
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These African spiced bananas, called "spiced nutty bananas" in Rosamund Grant's 1995 cookbook Taste of Africa, are a tropical variation of a...
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Baked goods recipes featuring fruit are among the most luscious of all. Here is a directory of what I've learned, made, and enjoyed, with fruit, so...
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