Old-Fashioned Strawberry Pie. Food photography is both a satisfying—and frustrating—endeavor for many people. It should be easy. After all, the food doesn’t move, unlike people and animals, and yet it doesn’t automatically come across on camera the way you see it in front of you. It’s a challenge worth facing: Cooking is like doing the… Read More
Appetizers explain themselves–they tantalize the appetite for the main course. Everyone knows when the appetizer table is mouthwatering, the main course is to die for. Start your family’s taste buds warming up early. With the turkey, dressing, and rolls (everything else is done and sitting in the holding pattern the day before) being taken care… Read More
As we now have bees and will eventually have honey, I’ve been keeping my eyes open for honey recipes. A while ago I saw a recipe for Honey Cake in the Penzey’s catalog. I was intrigued. So I tried it. It was good, but somewhat heavy on the cardamom. (And I love cardamom.) Even though… Read More
Say HELLO to Eve! Q. What are your favorite things to cook? Wiener schnitzel with mashed potatoes and cucumber salad. I have taught my children, now grown, how to make this and even my daughter-in-law knows how to make this dish. Q. How/when did you learn to cook? Well that is a hard one. I… Read More
Today is National Punch Day! I have a punch recipe that I use almost always. The kids love it. The grownups love it. It’s simple, too, as most punches are. How to make Pineapple Sherbet Punch: Pour 46 ounce can pineapple juice in punch bowl, then a 2-liter of Squirt. Give it a swirl together…. Read More
(My oven is working again! It ended up being a very small, inexpensive, and easy to replace part. Three months later.) Because of the easiness of it all, I really like to keep homemade cake mixes on hand. But not all of our favorite from-scratch cakes can be had out of a mix. But that… Read More
any MSG free recipes and substitutes for bouillon used to make my own, as the homemade recipes all contain flavored granules or bouillon which contain MSG
My MIL made the only thing I actually liked using the old fashioned citron fruit mix – a very soft cookie. Not a bar, just a regular cookie. Not particularly spicy, and more sponge cake like than a normal cookie. For some reason, the citron tasted good in this particular cookie. Other than in this... Read More
When I was a kid, my aunt used to can crab apples that I loved. Never thought to ask her for the recipe when she was alive, but a friend has a crab apple tree so loaded with crab apples, that some of the branches are touching the ground. When she told me that I... Read More
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