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Tag Archives: Richmond
Just Add Crab and Crackers to this Dip
One of my favorite sources for quick party appetizers comes from a private school in Richmond, Virginia. With its yellow and green plaid accents, the cover of the cookbook, The Stuffed Cougar (1973) from the Collegiate Schools looks the part … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970s, Collegiate School, crab, Dip, hot crab dip, preppie, Richmond, Stuffed Cougar, Virginia
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A Chocolate Mint Tea Room Treasure
Before malls swallowed up main streets, department stores reigned during the Christmas season. People lined up at display windows around the country to gawk at elaborate renditions of Santa’s village as well as mannequins in sequined party wear. The tea rooms … Continue reading
Posted in cookbooks, Food, history
Tagged baking, brownies, chocolate, Christmas, department stores, glaze, Indiana, Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, L.S. Ayres, Miller & Rhoads, mint, Richmond, Tea Room, Thalhimer's, Virginia
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A Lemony Holiday Cocktail
My search for an historic holiday cocktail turned up endless variations of egg nog, mulled wine, and spiced/spiked coffee. The Boston-based cocktail virgin slut blog posted many tempting ideas. Yet the folder of family recipes yielded the best
Posted in Food, history, memoir
Tagged ginger ale, jigger, lemon, Richmond, rum, Virginia
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C is for Concord Grape Jam
As a pre-school teacher at the Grace House community center in Richmond, Virginia, my mother taught a whole generation how to distinguish a circle from a square, how to count to 10, and how to do the “Hokey Pokey.” At least … Continue reading
Posted in Food, History, memoir
Tagged Concord, Concord grapes, Fan District, graham cracker, grapes, jam, Massachusetts, pre-school, Richmond, sugar, Virginia, Welch
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Pears with a Virginia Past
A Taste of Virginia, published by the James River Garden Club in Richmond, presents traditional fare fit for serving in grand homes around the Old Dominion. The recipes in this book veer far from the humble roots of my Virginia … Continue reading
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Tagged Anjou, farmer's market, ginger, James River Garden Club, lemon, pear, Richmond, sugar, Taste of Virginia, Virginia
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A is for Grandma’s Apple Cake
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
Posted in Food, History, memoir
Tagged apples, cake, cream, grandmother, honey, Jewish, Jewish New Year, Richmond, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Rosh Hashanah, Roxbury Russet, top cream, vintage apples, Virginia
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A Taste of Germany in Richmond: Family Kuchen Recipe
It’s hard for a Southerner to pronounce the word kuchen, which means cake in German. It ends up sounding like kook or cuckoo – not exactly the impression you want to make when baking a dessert for others. But I … Continue reading
Raise a Glass of Strawberry Soda for Juneteenth
Growing up in the South, I drank a sugar shock-inducing amount of garishly colored Nehi grape and orange sodas, but I never heard of a strawberry soda. Maybe that’s because I hadn’t yet heard of Juneteenth, which each year on June 19 … Continue reading
Posted in Food, History, memoir
Tagged African-American, basil, June 19, Juneteenth, lemon, Richmond, soda, soda water, strawberry, Texas
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‘Top Knot’ Cookies for a Birthday Girl
My grandmother, Hanna, launched a generation of young Richmonders by baking birthday cookies for them at the nursery school she directed. She topped each birthday boy or girl’s cookie with a Hershey’s chocolate kiss, making a special treat for a … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, butter, chocolate chips, cinnamon, cookies, nutmeg, Richmond, Top Knot Nursery School, Tuckahoe Nursery School, Virginia
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Lemon Chess Cake: My Mother’s Special Request
In between the time that people traded recipes over the back fence and the internet, newspapers often published recipe exchange columns for readers. For my mother, the Richmond Times-Dispatch ran “Trading Secrets,” which let readers answer requests for everything from Greek Green Beans … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Confidential Chat, lemon, lemon chess cake, Mother's Day, Richmond, Times-Dispatch, Trading Secrets, Virginia
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