Tag Archives: apples

Maple Sugar Season in March

Posted on March 24, 2019 by heritagerecipebox

Warm days and cold nights keep the sap in sugar maple trees flowing. In New England, Native Americans  taught settlers how to slash tree trunks and extract the sap to use as a sweetener. These buckets from a local farm … Continue reading →

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Appalachian Apples for All

Posted on October 18, 2017 by heritagerecipebox

I’m in the midst of moving to a new home in the Boston area, which means I’ve temporarily lost track of my favorite cookbooks and family recipes. Yet in the midst of filling boxes, I’ve found unexpected treasures like this … Continue reading →

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5 Ingredients, 5 Minutes for Cranberry Relish

Posted on November 8, 2015 by heritagerecipebox

When the English settlers arrived in Massachusetts in 1621, they found an unfamiliar, low-growing fruit: the cranberry.

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No Crust, No Rolling Pin for Grandma’s Apple Pie

Posted on October 12, 2015 by heritagerecipebox

Apples have a long history in Massachusetts because the early colonists brought seeds from England to plant in the new world. The first orchard grew on Beacon Hill in Boston in 1623, now the site of the gold-domed State House … Continue reading →

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Waldorf Salad with a Midwest Twist

Posted on July 11, 2015 by heritagerecipebox

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 … Continue reading →

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Finish Line of the Pieathlon with Cottage Cheese Apple Pie

Posted on June 8, 2015 by heritagerecipebox

Bloggers about retro food unite today under the leadership of Yinzerella at Dinner is Served 1972 to make a pie recipe published before 1985. Each of us found and scanned a recipe and Yinzerella sent us each one to try.

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A Beginner Attempts a Prize-Winning Pie

Posted on October 12, 2014 by heritagerecipebox

  Embarrassing to admit, I never baked an entire apple pie before this weekend. How un-American!

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In My October Kitchen

Posted on October 7, 2014 by heritagerecipebox

Thanks once again to inspiration from Celia at figjamandlimecordial, here’s a peek into my October kitchen near Boston, Massachusetts. Cool weather has brought root vegetables back to the farmer’s markets. Last night, I diced an assortment (beets, carrots, parsnips, butternut squash), then tossed with olive … Continue reading →

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A is for Grandma’s Apple Cake

Posted on September 22, 2014 by heritagerecipebox

I’m not sure what variety of apples my grandmother, Hanna, used in the Fresh Apple Cake recipe she clipped from the Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper in the 1930s, but I wanted to try it this week because apples – especially when … Continue reading →

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Plain Old Baked Butterscotch Apples

Posted on January 20, 2014 by heritagerecipebox

For someone who spent little time in the kitchen, my grandmother, Hanna (she’s in slacks; her sister is on her left), wrote down and saved a lot of recipes. Neither she nor my grandfather liked what they termed “fancy food.” … Continue reading →

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