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April 14th is National Pecan Day. Since we got our taxes in the day before, we treated ourself by making this layered Butter Pecan Chocolate Fudge yesterday. The recipe is below, but first… THE HISTORY OF PECANS Pecans are the only major tree nut indigenous to America, native to the southeastern United States.…
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[1] Today’s recipe: a Grilled Cheese Caprese sandwich from Marge Perry & David Bonom (photo © Pots and Pans). [2] Grilled Cheese Caprese without the balsamic drizzle. Here’s the recipe from Cooking Classy (photo © Cooking Classy). [3] Don’t want to grill it? Here’s the recipe for an “uncooked” Caprese sandwich from Somewhat Simple (photo…
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[1] Spring asparagus can be served at every meal of the day (photo courtesy Good Eggs). [2] Growing asparagus. It’s very labor intensive and back-breaking: The spears need to be cut by hand (photo courtesy Australian Asparagus Council). [3] Simple but elegant: a grilled rack of asparagus (photo courtesy California Asparagus Commission). In the…
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Sponge cake is a light and airy cake with no fat, traditional flour or leavening. The rise comes from beating air into egg whites. August 23rd is National Sponge Cake Day. The Jewish-style sponge cake—a Passover mainstay because it has no leavening—is not the same as génoise. Génoise, the French sponge cake made with conventional…
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[1] You can use brown bags to serve popcorn, but not to pop it (photo courtesy The Popcorn Board). [2] Having unpopped kernels at the end of popping is normal (photo courtesy Belle Chevre | Facebook). [3] Ditch the brown bag and get an inexpensive microwave popcorn popper or similar vented bowl (photo courtesy Housewares…
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