Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Picnic Soup #2: Tomato and Buttermilk Soup

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I didn't eat/enjoy/recognize avocados as food until after college (Face masks? Sure. Food, no.). If one of your fellow picnickers shares...
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Friday, June 5, 2009

Picnic Sandwich #2: Pan Bagnia

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As lovely and tangy as the patafla is, it still strikes me as an appetizer sort of sandwich. Heck, the suggested menu from Outdoor Dining ...

Picnic Soup #1: Cold Avocado Soup

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I'm going to go see the Indigo Girls at Wolftrap next week, and have been driving everyone around me a bit crazy by my obsessive menu pl...
Thursday, June 4, 2009

Picnic Sandwich #1: Patafla

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Once tomatoes come into season -- real tomatoes, proper tomatoes, warm from the garden or farmers market and dripping with flavor tomatoes -...
Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Outdoor Dining, Margaret O'Sullivan; Miniature Frittatas

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I am a sucker for impulse purchases. Interstingish looking things, attractively displayed near a line I'm apt to be standing in for a wh...
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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Cooking the Books: Bacardi Rum Cake

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I said it was Cake Day, and Cake Day it is! I decided it was high time to make a Bacardi Rum Cake . I had all the ingredients in-house, incl...
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Cake Day!: Rhubarb Cake

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It's Cake Day here chez Take One Cookbook. I've got a Bacardi Rum Cake baking away in the oven as we speak, and the scent is heaven...
Saturday, May 30, 2009

We'll Put Prunes In Anyting: Prune Pie

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The one dish that says "Mom & Family" to me beyond all others is vinaterta, an Icelandic layered torte with stewed prunes betw...
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Friday, May 29, 2009

Cooking the Books: Tangy Cucumbers

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Some things in life seem so basic, so natural that to discover them writen down can come as a shock. "Wait, there's a recipe for t...
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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Attractive To The Eye and Soothing To The Smell: Poppy Seed Buns

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When Mom got the Spratt/Bachman & Mellberg/McKenzie Family Cookbook 2008 , she wanted to know if it had "her" recipes, the one...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Why, Yes, We Are From North Dakota: Knephla Soup

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One thing you should know: I come from North Dakotan, German-by-way-of-Russia folk. My family left the Alsace, moved to Russia, and then lef...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Reuben Was The Eldest Of The Children Of Israel: Reuben Dip

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First things first: there's a revision to German Twists . We've a better method, a more-complete ingredient list, and, well, a repud...
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Monday, May 25, 2009

Spratt/Bachman & Mellberg/McKenzie Family Cookbook 2008: German Twists

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When I was a kid, every summer we'd have a big family picnic. My mom's one of 7 kids, and her parents were each one of several, and ...
Sunday, May 24, 2009

Craving Flaky Sandwiches: Nutty Sweet Potato Biscuits

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Wrapping up a week of recipes from The Fruit of the Spirit: 100th Anniversary of Bittinger Lutheran Parish , we turn to the one recipe that ...

Now All We Need Is A Gang: Grandma's Old-Fashioned Apple Dumplings

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I grew up in the 1970s, and cut my entertainment consumer teeth on the offerings of the Walt Disney Company. I saw everything, and loved it ...
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Saturday, May 23, 2009

Setting A Man Trap: Blueberry Boy Bait

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Okay, okay, once you see the size of the pan required, you may not believe that I chose this recipe based on the name and not the pan. But,...
Friday, May 22, 2009

Only Enough To Act As A Preservative: Bacardi Rum Cake

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Yesterday, I shared my love of the 9 x 13-inch pan. Growing up, all cakes were made in this venerable dish. My sister's must-have birthd...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Seven Similar Salads: Jell-O and Dairy

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Memorial Day is fast upon us, and it's time to think about salads and sides to take to barbeques, picnics, and potlucks. I've always...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Bug Juice? No, Green Punch!

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I had half a mind to be high-minded about the The Fruit of the Spirit: 100th Anniversary of Bittinger Lutheran Parish recipe selections. I ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The Fruit of the Spirit: 100th Anniversary of Bittinger Lutheran Parish; Poor Man's Crab Cakes

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Last night, at a lovely supper with friends (pork roast, scalloped potatoes, roasted asparagus, pinot noir), our hostess took out The Fruit ...