Cakes and Pies

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Celerations: An Improper Tea Party

Where Tea Is King   The British are masters at making a ceremony out of almost anything. What they create...

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Juicy Post: The Blackberry Becomes A Star

  Great Expectations When farmers markets open with their annual unveiling of produce, I go gaga (and I'm  sure I...

Juicy Post: A Cake in Remembrance of Dione Lucas

 A Who's Who M.F.K Fisher - check. Elizabeth David - check. Laurie Colwin - probably a check. And who hasn't...

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Ingredients: Strawberries And Cookie Dough

Strawberries Spring Eternal It probably is due to the two years of pandemicdom, but it seems as if everyone is...

Juicy Post: A Bolognese Christmas

Celebratory Choices When you have to choose among Panettone, Pandoro and Offella as a backup Christmas treat for guests who...

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In My Neighborhood: The Rail Stop

Fall Outings In The DMV Now that the humidity, heat and vacation traffic have come to a somewhat blessed halt,...

Recipe: Café Dommayer Zucchini Cake

Not Another Loaf Of Zucchini Bread While reading through Rick Rodger’s superlative book on desserts from Austrian, Czech and Hungarian cafés and...

Ingredients: Your August Zucchini Relief

Just Trying To Help (with a Zucchini Recipe) No, don't thank me for rescuing that pile of unwanted zucchini squash...

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Juicy Post It’s Been An Upside Down Year

  Winter of Discontent Life has been upside down since last March (with rumblings dating back to December 2019) so...

Juicy Post: An Apple A Day

Your Daily Apple We are now in the period where, at least in my area, the fruits available are apples...