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[1] A jar of hilba, also called fenugreek (photos #1 and #2 © Pereg). [2] The seeds can be purchased whole (photo #3) or ground. [3] The seeds grow in pods. You can grow the plant at home (photo © Luscious Green Balcony). [4] A bunch of fresh fenugreek leaves, ready for salads or…
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This twist on a corn dog uses potato instead of a cornbread batter as the breading for a hot dog but it changes the whole dynamic of the classic meat on a stick. Instead of a dense corn breading, the potato breading is creamy and light. Since these cut the hot dogs in half, you…
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[1] 1944: Shoefly Pie (all photos © TasteOfHome). [2] 1976: Banana Pudding. [3] 1984: Red Velvet Cake. [4] 1961: Ambrosia. Thanks to Taste Of Home for this bit of food fun: the popular desserts—and recipes for them—from the year you were born. There’s every year from 1940 to 2000. Think of what you…
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How did the most beautiful disposable paper plates, made by Sophistiplate, come to be? As a foodie family, Gary and Dan Seehoff love to entertain and set a beautiful table for family and friends. But post Thanksgiving dinner 2015, they found themselves doing the dishes for days on end. They vowed to go disposable the…
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[1] The Central European recipe for thin wafers came to the U.S. in the mid-1700s with émigrés from Moravia (photo © Dewey’s Moravian Cookies). [2] Nabisco sold millions of boxes to home cooks to make various icebox cake recipes. Word on the street was that they were discontinued, but they may be back some…
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