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Food & Film: The Great British Bake Off Is International Part 1

A cozy look at how The Great British Bake Off became a global comfort watch, tracing its roots in British...

Pound Cake Big shot for KD

Bonus Recipe: A Poet Bakes A Cake

Recipe Exchange Being a senior citizen American transplant in Italy I occasionally get reminders of my heritage in the oddest...

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Bonus Recipe: I say Macedonia You Say Fruit Salad

Macedonia: Not a Recipe, But a Procedure My introduction to the deliciousness of the Italian macedonia,  enlivened with a generous...

Carbonnade flammande by Nancy Pollard

Juicy Post: A Flemish Answer to March

The Forlorn Hope Month March will always be the month of Forlorn Hope for me (a phrase I loved from...

Cauliflower big shot by Nancy Pollard

Ingredients: Cauliflower for February Doldrums

DRVs Explained We are in the throes of what we used call in the shop, The Season Of Dense Root...

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Ingredients: Cocoa Powder

 Bittersweet The chocolate cake featured in the last post -which has  become my most-requested birthday cake -uses cocoa powder—only cocoa...

Texas Sheet Cake by Nancy Pollard

Bonus Recipe: The Best Party Cake

Beginner's Luck My introduction to the joy of cooking was baking cakes as a pre-teen - meaning I would use...

Eggs Benedict Pollard home

Bonus Recipe For A Perfect Sunday

Bologna Food Check I  don’t miss American style breakfasts, which I rarely ate at home. I have despised cold cereal...

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Ingredients: Chinotto Oranges – The Bitter Truth

Chinotto Dreams *]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]" dir="auto" tabindex="-1" data-turn-id="8ab8e1a6-40ad-4e99-ad4c-f1fc92e2a69c" data-testid="conversation-turn-2" data-scroll-anchor="false" data-turn="assistant"> When I first saw the word Chinotto on a soda...

Battle of Maarengo by Louis Francois Lejeune Wkipedia

Monthly Juicy Post: Marengo – A Battle & A Stew

Peace Time Reflection Not many dishes are named after battles.  We dine on, after all, Beef Wellington, not Beef Waterloo....