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Tag Archives: 1980s
Holiday Cake without Candied Fruit
Forget the glazed green cherries and other icky candied fruit. This cake relies on raisins and pecans – nothing artificial in either one. And you’ll likely have these ingredients, plus brown sugar, flour, and spices, in your pantry. You don’t … Continue reading
Posted in cookbooks, Food, history
Tagged 1970s, 1980s, food editors, fruit cake, holiday baking, Missouri, newspapers, pecans, raisins, spices, st. louis
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Cucumber Soup: A Summer Soother
As our garden yields a profusion of cucumbers, slices in salads quickly become monotonous. I’ve tried cutting spears for vegetable dips, tossing cubes into smoothies, and making batches of blender gazpacho. Too bad I don’t like pickles! Americans have grown … Continue reading
Posted in cookbooks, Food, history, History
Tagged 17th century, 1980s, chilled soup, cucumber, cucumber soup, garden, Indiana, Indianapolis, potato, radish, soup
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Got Strawberries? Make Punch!
In colonial America, punch usually referred to a rum drink, served in a bowl that was imported from China if you were wealthy. The temperance movement inspired recipes for non-alcoholic punches and made the punch bowl a staple of everything … Continue reading
Posted in cocktails, cookbooks, Food, history, History
Tagged 1980s, cocktail, gin, July 4, Massachusetts, Newton Massachusetts, Newtonville, punch, punch bowl, strawberry
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A Honey of a Dressing
When in doubt for what to bring to a pot luck, look in your refrigerator. I found a whole watermelon and some arugula. How could I put those together? This seemed like a job for a good salad dressing.
Posted in cookbooks, Food
Tagged 1980s, arugula, Better Homes and Gardens, honey, salad, sonnet, Terrance Hayes, watermelon
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Cranberry Cheer
The cranberry, a fruit native to America, brings a welcome splash of color to the Thanksgiving table each year. My berries usually come from eastern Massachusetts, even though Wisconsin is the nation’s leading cranberry producer. Americans everywhere crave cranberries at … Continue reading
Posted in cookbooks, Food, history, History
Tagged 1980s, Alabama, cranberry, Gazebo I Cookbook, Port wine, relish, sauce, Thanksgiving, wine
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Soup for a Snowy April Day
Springtime snow? Why, yes, if you live in New England. A storm arrived this weekend to smother the daffodils and forsythia blossoms. Forget about asparagus and pea tendrils. This is still soup weather.
Posted in cookbooks, Food, History
Tagged 1980s, diner, kale, Maine, Maine Diner, New England, potato, soup
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Stewed Groundhog: ‘The Cleanest Meat One Can Find’
Given this year’s warm winter in New England (so far, so good), I expect that Punxsutawney Phil will predict an early spring on Groundhog Day. The American version of the holiday, celebrated February 2, is 130 years old. In the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, Charleston, groundhog, Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil, Stew, West Virginia
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‘Vodka Bog’ a Sweet Slog
Cranberries star in sauce on most Thanksgiving tables, but there’s no reason to stop there. This “Vodka Bog” punch from More Thoughts for Buffets (Institute Publishing) gets its kick and distinctive rosy hue from cranberry juice as well as cranberry liqueur.
Freshly Picked and Marinated
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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, Better Homes and Gardens, Chautauqua, cucumber, dill, healthy, mushroom, saute
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