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Candied Virginia Tomatoes From a Surprising Source

Posted on August 9, 2015 by heritagerecipebox

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 … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Chip Biscuits for Your Next Bake Sale

Posted on September 12, 2014 by heritagerecipebox

Blame the invention of the chocolate chip on a Massachusetts baker’s boredom. In the 1930s, Ruth Wakefield of the Toll House Inn decided to chop up a chocolate bar and add it to her standard butterscotch cookie recipe. The resulting … 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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