Marinated vegetables usually remind me of mushrooms dripping with oil, plus already-soggy white bread on the side. Yet a 1980s recipe from the Richmond Times-Dispatch tempted me because in the past month, I’ve eaten enough crudités to feel like Peter Rabbit. Continue reading
Freshly Picked and Marinated
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Tagged 1980s, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, French, Richmond, salad, Thomas Jefferson, Times-Dispatch, vinaigrette, Virginia, yellow squash
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Hot Day, Warm Cucumbers!
When someone left a box of free garden-grown vegetables in the plaza at Chautauqua, I couldn’t resist stashing a few in my bag. Grateful that a generous stranger shared the August bounty, I challenged myself to do more than slice the cucumbers into a salad. The Cucumber Sauté recipe in the Eating Healthy Cook Book (Better Homes and Gardens, 1986) came together quickly enough to avoid steaming up my kitchen Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, Better Homes and Gardens, Chautauqua, cucumber, dill, healthy, mushroom, saute
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Candied Virginia Tomatoes From a Surprising Source
Inside a booklet that promised nothing more than Great Ideas for Barbecues & Summer Meals (Family Circle, 1983), I ended up finding a recipe for Thomas Jefferson’s Candied Tomatoes sent in by someone I knew quite well — the mother of my closest childhood friend in Richmond, Virginia. Continue reading
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Tagged 1800s, basil, brown sugar, Girl Scouts, Monticello, Richmond, Thomas Jefferson, tomatoes, U.S. Presidents, Virginia
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In My August Kitchen
Greetings from my summer kitchen in Chautauqua, New York! Thanks, always, to Celia at Fig Jam and Lime Cordial for hosting this international forum. My summer headquarters, about 10 miles south of Lake Erie, is located in prime Concord grape growing territory. The grapes are not yet ripe, but blueberries grow in profusion. Continue reading
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Tagged blueberry, Chautauqua, gelatin, Jell-O, New England Soup Factory Cookbook, New York, raspberry, soup
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An Updated 1970s Cocktail
On a hot day, you can’t go too far wrong with lemon juice, lime juice, mint, and something fizzy. Continue reading
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One hour, 400 Mushroom Sandwiches
A grilled sandwich with cooked mushroom filling may not sound like a must-have lunch, but tradition always rules at the Chautauqua Institution Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, Chautauqua, Mina Edison, mushroom, New York, sandwich, Thomas Edison
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Waldorf Salad with a Midwest Twist
My summer base in western New York puts me closer to Cleveland than to the east coast, so I have a new radius for recipes to try. Since Empire apples are already being sold at the farm stand down the road, I decided to give the Missouri Waldorf Salad from the Marvin House Cookbook a try. Continue reading
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Tagged 1890s, 1980s, apples, cooked dressing, grapes, Jamestown New York, Marvin House, Missouri, New York, salad, vinegar, Waldorf salad, walnuts
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A soggy dessert recipe from Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt with a patriotic birthday cake. Source: Library of Congress
My quest to make another U.S. President-inspired July 4 recipe started out promisingly enough when I found First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s contribution to The All American Cookbook: Favorite Recipes of Famous Persons. Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, blueberries, bread, Eleanor Roosevelt, ice cream, July 4, pudding, U.S. Presidents
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All-American Corn Soup from 19th U.S. President and “Lemonade Lucy”
The upcoming July 4 holiday inspired me to look back at recipes from U.S. Presidents for alternatives to unimaginative menus of hot dogs, hamburgers and potato salad. Continue reading
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Tagged 1870s, Capitol Hill Cooks, chile peppers, chowder, corn, cream, Homes for Our Troops, July 4, Lucy Webb Hayes, milk, Rutherford B. Hayes, soup, U.S. Presidents
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Rhubarb Bars from a ‘Culinary Time Capsule’
When the town of Weston, Massachusetts celebrated the 300th anniversary of its founding in 2013, the Friends of the Weston Public Library asked people for their recipes and recollections. The result, Flavors of Weston, is filled with stories about traditions from times past. Continue reading
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