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Monday, October 31, 2011
APPLE CRISP FOR TWO
Click on photoI call this apple crisp for two, although I guess that is a bit of a misnomer. It actually makes 3 large desserts (like the above photo), so in my warped sense of proportions, it is apple crisp for two (and a little more for later) haha. This can easily be...
Thursday, October 27, 2011
WEEKEND BREAKFAST PIZZA
I don't buy refrigerator ("whomp tube") biscuits very often, but I DO buy them for this recipe. My family absolutely loves this quick and easy breakfast. As a matter of fact, the first time I made this, I was told "this is gold!!" Even Picky-picky Hubby gave double thumbs...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
STRAWBERRY FROSTING
This quick and easy strawberry frosting is just delightful. I used fresh strawberries, but I see no reason why frozen (thawed) strawberries wouldn't work. It has a light, fresh, fruity flavor and was a big hit at my house.1 cup UNSALTED butter at room temperature4...
Monday, October 24, 2011
Eat, Drink And Be Merry In Maryland
I defy you find another cookbook that is dedicated to Oliver Wendell Holmes and features and introduction by Emily Post. That is, however, what you will find in Eat, Drink And Be Merry In Maryland by Frederick Philip Stieff. Stieff was the scion of a famous piano-making...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
CLASSIC BUTTER CAKE
A few days ago, my cooking buddy Katy, at Food For a Hungry Soul, posted a great classic cake recipe. It immediately caught my eye, not only because it looked so moist and delicious, but it looked quick, easy and used all standard pantry ingredients (my idea of a great...
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Cosmopolitan Cookery In an English Kitchen
Theodora Fitzgibbon wrote over 30 books, most of them cookery books. Much of her writing dealt with her native Ireland and its surrounding area, but she was also well versed in food from an international perspective. For 15 years she worked on The Food of the Western World:...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Not A Cookbook -- Mamie Eisenhower's Fudge
Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower, 1959 by Thomas Edgar Stephens Having a boatload of cookbooks means that I often get requests to find recipes. I was asked recently for an old fudge recipe, that someone remembered and I dare say, Mamie Eisenhower's Million Dollar Fudge may well...
RASBERRY SHORTBREAD BARS
Everyone loves these raspberry bars, they have an ultra-buttery shortbread crust topped with cooked raspberries and a streusel topping.They are very sweet, buttery, tender AND they cut nicely...perfect for gift giving (these will definitely be in my cookie gift...
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Gridiron Cookery
Are you ready for some football? I am sorry we are no longer allowed to use that phrase due to some some dumbass who should have known better. Oh well, every state has one, or two. However, the answer is... we are.This evening Alabama is playing Vanderbilt for Homecoming...
Friday, October 7, 2011
The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Cookbook
Well, we think the Fabulous Beekman Boys, Dr. Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, are famous and just getting more famous and fabulous as the days march on. (Though we are not sure they could get any more fabulous.) We would like to take some credit for their success and...
Thursday, October 6, 2011
MAPLE PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE (MICROWAVE)
I found this recipe on one of my favorite recipe pages: The Domestic Mama and; The Village Cook. I have found some great recipes over there, and I highly recommend their recipe blog.This quick and easy microwave fudge is totally addicting. I made it the other day and our company...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
The Mushroom Cook Book
Cookbooks like to offer up a count on the recipes held with in. It would seem that the two favorite measurements in cookbook girth are "101" and "365." The 365 recipe book is an easy one to understand as there are 365 days in the year and these cookbooks offer up a recipe...
Saturday, October 1, 2011
APPLE CAKE with CARAMEL SAUCE
My Facebook friends are "torturing" me with tales of inexpensive produce this time of year...bushels of tomatoes equaling 14 quarts of fresh salsa...bushels of apples and peaches (I am so envious). The other day (here in Alaska) I paid $2.29 a pound for apples!! Whew!!!I...
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