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Fried chicken by Nancy Pollard

Bonus Recipe: American Fried Chicken

An Unexpected Connection You may find it surprising that square dancing and Southern fried chicken have a lot in common....

Recipe: Classic Crêpes For Breakfast

A Difference of Opinion [caption id="attachment_6437" align="alignleft" width="245"] Shop It[/caption] There exists a cultural divide at our breakfast table -...

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Juicy Post: An Anglo-Italian Christmas Mashup

Christmas Cultural Differences This Christmas we had one foot in Italy and the other in England, while wearing many decades...

Christmas tree at La Cuisine

Celebrations: My Holy Week – The Sequel

Peace, Quiet, Snacks Even though La Cuisine closed  in January of 2018, I still have the same tired retailer’s yearnings...

Palmer House Brownie from their website

Bonus Recipe: I Think We All Need a Brownie

A rich, fudgy brownie recipe with a little American dessert history, from Palmer House lore to beach-week baking on Emerald...

Plate of homemade chocolate chip cookies

Bonus Recipe: Our Chocolate Chip Cookie Patrimony

A lively look at the history of the chocolate chip cookie, Ruth Wakefield's role in its rise, and the author's...

Ingredients: Pretenders To The Throne

Leaving McCormick When I stumbled onto the history of Vanilla and the debt that is owed to Edmond Albius, I...

Taste Atlas website photo of gramigna pasta

Italy Insider: Gramigna – The Pasta That Could

    Not Spag Bo My husband's favorite dish to order in a restaurant is  Tagliatelle al Ragù. My Bolognese...

Photo from book Amaro Italiano by Matteo Zed

Italy Insider: Amaro Amore

Guilty As Charged As the daughter of a master maker of the  Old Fashioned cocktail and a devoted quaffer of...

Mr potato head big shot

Juicy Post: The Subject Is Mashed Potatoes

A Difference In Cultures Among the  schisms between the US and EU that don’t seem to be much discussed is...