Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Seasons Change: Hot Buttered Rum

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Today's recipe might seem like a strange choice for the middle of August. But here's the thing: the seasons are changing. Sunset is ...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Homemade Hootch: Grape Wine

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Yesterday, we talked about infusing cheap vodka to make more upscale booze, and, boy, did y'all come running. So, today, we'll look...
Monday, August 15, 2011

Coffee Liquor: Kaluha

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Cheap vodka is cheap vodka, but cheap vodka artfully and easily infused with other stuff is sublime. Sometimes, it even resembles Things Wit...
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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Smelting on the Sandy: Pickled Smelt

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I am a notoriously bad fisherwoman. I've been abysmal on lakes, rivers, and in the mighty Pacific. I suck at fishing. I do remember, t...
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Vegetables: Boil Until They're Dead

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I know it's not at all fashionable to say so, but I actually do like vegetables boiled until they're good and dead sometimes. Mmm, g...
Saturday, August 13, 2011

The Original Potato Soup; Favorite Recipes from Caldwell, Idaho, Compiled by the Caldwell Jay-C-Ettes

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I'm a sentimental sort, so you can imagine what happened when I ran across my grandma's name in Favorite Recipes from Caldwell, Ida...
Sunday, August 7, 2011

Key Lime Pie: When It's Too Hot To Turn On The Oven, But You Need Dessert

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So, I'm going to a dinner party tonight, and was asked to bring dessert. It's hotter than fuck out there, and sticky, and gross, an...
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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Guest Post: Drum Cake

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Hello, all! I'm Kelly, Wendy's big sister, fellow book addict, and fledgling semi-foodie. At the farmer's market in my home town...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

Mother's Fruit Cake: Boozeless (Mostly) Fruit Cake

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I love a good fruit cake. I even like a mediocre fruit cake. The fact that so many people mock fruit cake makes me sad, mostly because I rea...
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Friday, June 17, 2011

Ham Loaf, Redux: Presbyterian Ham Loaf

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It's been a while since we contemplated on how fun it is to say "Sheboygan." Presbyterian Palate Pleasers has brought it back...

Savory Snacks: Bacon & Cheese Paste, and Scotch Eggs

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Presbyterian Palate Pleasers 's second recipe sealed the deal on this twelve-and-a-half cent purchase. C.&.B.'s (Sandwich Fillin...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

PUNCH!!!! No, Seriously. Punch. With Actual Booze.

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Presbyterian Palate Pleasers has a metric buttload of punches. Well... it SAYS it does. It has shockingly few punches with any punch. Th...
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Monday, June 13, 2011

Grasshopper Pie & Rhubarb Pie: Pies for Peace

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Sometimes, when it seems the whole world is sliding into a cesspit, JJ, Heather and I declare Pies for Peace. Basically, this means we get t...
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Sunday, June 12, 2011

Three Jell-O Salads; Presbyterian Palate Pleasers, The Presbyterian Church, Hagerstown, MD

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Chefly Husband and I are headed out to Wolf Trap today to hear the Indigo Girls perform, and to hang out with friends, and to picnic, picnic...
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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Strawberry-Rhubarb Puff: A Reminder About Altering Recipes All You Want

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It's time for our semi-regular reminder about how most recipes are more about method and less about specific implementations. The Betty ...
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Stuffed Acorn Squash, or Every Vegetable Is Even Better With Butter And Sugar

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Barbequeing isn't all about the dead beasties. Sometimes, you need something more vegetal. Betty Crocker's Outdoor Cook Book gives ...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Gender at the Grill: Rumaki on the Hibachi

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I'm pretty much assuming that anyone reading a rather-colloquial English-language blog in 2011 knows what a barbeque is, and doesn't...
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Cooking the Books: Tomato & Buttermilk Soup and Hard Cooked Eggs

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I don't know what's got me on a buttermilk kick lately, but a kick I am on. It's also hotter than heck in DC right now. So, I de...
Monday, May 30, 2011

7 Rules for Grilling: Controlling Kibitzers & Fire

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While I love the recipes in old cookbooks, I really love the non -recipe content. Odd illustrations, weird apostrophes (figure of speech, th...