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Maple Butter (or Maple Cream, If You’re Fancy)
I’ve had maple butter bouncing around in my head for a while, a new fun something to make after being told that I must try it. I had no idea what maple butter was, but research explained that by heating … Continue reading
A Kitchen Gift Guide – Part Three: Media and Classes
This is the final part of a kitchen gift-guide designed to help with giving something meaningful to the cooks and bakers on your list. Most of these can be purchased at the last minute which is handy as we are down to the wire now.
Like the guides before, this is not a comprehensive list of books or subscriptions that I recommend for people. These are things that I like and think would make fun gifts. I’ve not been paid, compensated, or asked to feature any of the following items.
Subscriptions
The best gifts are ones that give a little bit of happy every time the receiver thinks about them. Subscriptions are my favorite things to gift to people because the giftee gets the present anew all year long. Continue reading
Buttermilk and Date Ice Cream with Orange Blossom Water and a Goode Company Giveaway
The contest is now closed. Scroll down for the winner! This ice cream has always been about pecans. I came up with the recipe as an accompaniment for pecansspecifically for a pecan pie. Usually, pecans make me feel mushy and … Continue reading
A Kitchen Gift Guide – Part Two: Edibles
This is part two of a kitchen gift-guide I’m writing as the holidays and their shopping are at full tilt. The first post covered equipment and the following guide has edible items. Like the equipment guide, this is not a … Continue reading
A Kitchen Gift Guide – Part One: Equipment
A handful of people have asked me about what gifts to get for people who love to cook at home, so I thought a shopping guide might be helpful for those wandering the aisles of specialty kitchen stores, sifting through … Continue reading
Kale, Sausage, and Potato Soup
Most people think that my mother taught me how to cook. We have a lot in common.She cooks a lot, I cook a lotI have lots of cookbooks, she has lots of cookbooks. She did not teach me how to … Continue reading
From a Better Homes and Garden Cookbook, circa 1950
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