Recipes
Slash & learn: Pretzel bread elevates any sandwich after a brief baking soda bath
By Kim Ode, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) on May 09, 2013, at 6:18 p.m.
People say beauty is skin-deep like it’s a bad thing. Consider the burnished dermis of pretzel bread, a hot dining trend in the burger world, but also a resurgence of artisan technique. While the innards of a sandwich naturally get the most attention, stacking them inside a strikingly contrasted pretzel ...
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Banana Caramel Upside-Down Cake
on April 21, 2013, at 10:40 p.m.
So, by my current estimate, in the last week my family drove about 2,400 miles. Out to Chicago…and back. It was part two of the college trip saga that has taken up these last two school vacations. Last vacation was Wellesley, Brown, Columbia, Princeton, and Yale. This time was Oberlin, ...
Peanut butter and chocolate buckeyes an easy, decadent treat
By Jim Bailey on April 11, 2013, at 4:28 p.m.
These deliciously decadent treats are the perfect for the marriage of peanut butter and chocolate. Although it is not readily agreed who first made buckeyes as they are currently enjoyed, it is known that they are so-called because of their resemblance to the nut of a buckeye tree, found primarily ...
Apricots – the early ripeners
Fresh apricots don’t stay around very long, so get them while you can. The future of most apricots is to either be canned or dried. About 13 percent of all U.S. apricots are sold fresh, 23 percent are used for canning and juicing, and 57 percent are usually dried, according ...
Homemade ‘peeps’? These chicks rule
By Noelle Carter, Los Angeles Times on March 29, 2013, at 11:37 a.m.
Maybe they slowly grew on me. Or maybe it was the sheer sugar rush — from testing close to 75 dozen chicks — but I’ll admit it. I’ve grown fond of Peeps. For most of us, an Easter basket simply isn’t complete without a box of Peeps. The colorful marshmallow ...
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Triple-Coconut Muffins
on March 23, 2013, at 2:38 p.m.
Weird. It’s the only word I can come up with to describe this week. Monday, well, Monday we moved in. I went to bed in a room with boxes stacked up to the ceiling. Tuesday we had an entirely unexpected snow day. Wednesday…we had another snow day. Then, after our ...
BDN announces 2013 events lineup, starting with Maine Garden Show
Bangor Daily News on March 21, 2013, at 9:59 a.m.
The Bangor Daily News has announced its 2013 lineup of BDN Maine events, which run the gamut from food and cooking to winter sports, to be held each month at locations in Bangor, Augusta and Portland. In press conferences held Thursday morning at Coespace in downtown Bangor and the Portland ...
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Moroccan Chickpea and Carrot Salad + Announcements
on March 10, 2013, at 9 p.m.
For the last eight years I’ve lived in the attic. There’s a lot you can do in a finished attic. For example, when I first moved in, my little brothers and I used to pretend to be superheroes, dress up in capes and jump around on the furniture and into ...
Ready-made by you: Fix it, freeze it, heat it, eat it
By Sharon K. Ghag, The Modesto Bee on Feb. 14, 2013, at 5:18 p.m.
You can’t make this stuff up. The meat-eater goes to college and falls for a vegetarian. Now he’s extolling the virtues of leafy greens and whole grains. That’s fine, but what to do when he decides to bring his significant other home during break to a house where meals are ...
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Red Velvet Cream Cheese Brownies
on Feb. 10, 2013, at 6:23 p.m.
I might as well say it right off, but if you’re someone who would tell me your favorite cake flavor is red velvet, well, I’d instantly label you as “one of those people.” Red velvet cake is nice and all, but really, there’s no flavor. Either go deep, dark, complex ...
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Red Velvet Cream Cheese Brownies
on Feb. 10, 2013, at 6:23 p.m.
I might as well say it right off, but if you’re someone who would tell me your favorite cake flavor is red velvet, well, I’d instantly label you as “one of those people.” Red velvet cake is nice and all, but really, there’s no flavor. Either go deep, dark, complex ...
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Spicy Caramel Coconut Popcorn
on Feb. 03, 2013, at 6:12 p.m.
The Super Bowl is coming up soon right? Next week is it? Oh, not next week, so sorry I missed it….Oh! It’s today! That’s interesting. I only realized the Super Bowl was this weekend yesterday. My mom had thought it was last weekend. Yeah, you guessed it, I’m not a ...
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Black Pearl Chocolate Cake
on Jan. 28, 2013, at 2:33 p.m.
The relationship between food and my family bears mention; it’s the best way for you to understand this cake and my happiness about it. When my little brother Gabe was two, he was diagnosed with celiac disease. Up until that point he’d gone from eating bread and pasta to a ...
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Black Pearl Chocolate Cake
on Jan. 28, 2013, at 2:33 p.m.
The relationship between food and my family bears mention; it’s the best way for you to understand this cake and my happiness about it. When my little brother Gabe was two, he was diagnosed with celiac disease (my other brother and father have since been diagnosed as well). Up until ...
No need to miss the Twinkie — make your own
By Lisa Abraham, Akron Beacon Journal on Jan. 22, 2013, at 4:27 p.m.
The store shelves where the Hostess display used to be have been bare for two months as the sale of the snack cake company inches its way through layers of legalities. Buyers are anxious to take over the name and start producing Twinkies and other snack cakes again, and it’s ...
When Polish Food Became Polished Food
A mushy white sandwich roll, melted cheese and a squeeze of ketchup. When I first moved to Warsaw to work as a journalist, in the autumn of 1988, a zapiekanka was the most common form of street food. The zapiekanka (za-pyeh-KAN-kah) predated the hamburger, and it certainly wasn’t pizza — ...
Sear roast first for flavor later
By Susan M. Selasky, Detroit Free Press on Jan. 08, 2013, at 2:09 p.m.
It’s the time of the year for quick, easy and warmly satisfying meals. Seasoning a beef or pork roast and tossing it in the oven or the slow cooker fits the bill. A classic set-it-and-forget-it meal, it can also feed a small gathering. Recently, I picked up a boneless sirloin ...
Microwave cooks fish in a flash
By Linda Gassenheimer, The Miami Herald on Jan. 08, 2013, at 1:10 p.m.
Fish fillets topped with melted Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese can be made in minutes using a microwave. Penne pasta tossed with fresh basil is a simple side dish. The secret to this recipe is using best quality Parmesan. The recipe calls for cooking the fish in a microwave oven. It can also ...
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Roasted Broccoli Salad with Hazelnuts and Pomegranate
on Dec. 27, 2012, at 2:55 p.m.
This Christmas I was set on procuring a few new cookbooks. Well, actually, I hadn’t given a thought to Christmas until the question of what I wanted was forced upon me. It was all in the name of letting a few relatives know what I was looking for–they were the ...
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Nutmeg Browned Butter Icebox Cookies
on Dec. 23, 2012, at 9:43 a.m.
Here’s the other version I made of Joy of Cooking’s cream cheese icebox cookies. I must say, I think they’re just about perfect. Nutmeg Browned Butter Icebox Cookies Adapted from Cream Cheese icebox Cookies in Joy of Cooking 75th Anniversary Edition Note: Browning butter refers to toasting the milk solids ...
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