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Lemon Pudding Adapted for Passover

Posted on April 2, 2018 by heritagerecipebox

If you’re keeping Kosher for Passover, you already trotted out your standard recipes at the seder. Now comes the drudgery of making lunch with matza and boiled eggs, then dinner with leftover brisket. That’s why I looked through my family … Continue reading →

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A ‘Cheap and Quick’ (and Comforting) Pudding from 1862

Posted on February 12, 2015 by heritagerecipebox

In any era, wartime cooking brings out the spirit of making do with whatever can be scrounged up when most supplies go to the war effort. The Confederate Receipt Book, published in Richmond in 1862 as the Civil War entered … Continue reading →

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Road Trip for ‘Green Rice’

Posted on December 3, 2014 by heritagerecipebox

Even before President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Highway Act that created the interstate system in 1956, Americans ventured out on road trips. In the early 1950s, they piled into the Mercury Monterey (nicknamed “the bathtub”), the Lincoln Cosmopolitan, and the … Continue reading →

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Vinegar, Sugar, Cream Cheese: Unexpected Companions

Posted on September 6, 2014 by heritagerecipebox

When I saw a recipe for Green Pepper Dip in a cookbook from the 1980s, I expected a swirl of sour cream, chopped veggies and salt, perhaps artfully served in a hollowed-out pepper half. Instead, I found directions to beat … Continue reading →

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