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What’s red, white and blue—and delicious? A triple berry shortcake! You can serve this mixed berry shortcake classic style, with whipped cream, or turn it into an “ice cream shortcake” with vanilla ice cream. This recipe is from Mccormick.com. RECIPE: Spiced Triple Berry Shortcake Ingredients For The Berry Filling 2 cups sliced strawberries 1 cup…
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Above: Just one of the options for a s’mores party bar. Image courtesy McCormick. Since the Girl Scouts popularized s’mores (the first published recipe is in their 1927 handbook), they have been a happy tradition around the campfire. Two marshmallows toasted on a stick, a square of chocolate and two graham crackers make a…
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A cream puff stuffed with crème pâtissière, pastry cream. Photo by Stu Spivak | Wikimedia. When we published an earlier tip for a brambleberry tart, we went to link to a recipe for crème pâtissière—pastry cream—and discovered we hadn’t published one. Zut alors! So here we remedy the situation, and also explain some of…
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As American as blueberry and cherry pie. Photo courtesy Centerville Pie Company. If you’re planning for July 4th festivities, here’s a fun food idea from Centerville Pie Company of Centerville, Massachusetts: an American flag pie. Prepare your favorite blueberry and/or cherry pie recipe. The Centerville Pie bakers fill the pie crust 3/4 with cherry…
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June 7th is National Donut Day. The holiday was created in 1938 by the Salvation Army, to honor the women who served donuts to servicemen in World War I (at that time, it was called the Great War). From its first appearance in 17th-century English, the word evolved from dough-nut to doughnut to donut (see…
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