Crab Cakes, Maryland Style: What’s in your recipe?
It was on a rainy afternoon in the Carpenter Street and Saloon in St. Michaels when I had my first
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Recycled Recipes from Vintage Boxes
Salad heaven and more
Ambrosia and Waldorf Salads: Create a base of fruits, nuts, with a gentle sprinkling of sweetness, and you have two
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Braised Boneless Short Ribs Pot Roast: Yum
Outside the temperatures are falling. It’s time for hearty foods, and there’s nothing like the aroma of boneless short ribs
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Soup Day for Snow Days
Vichyssoise: A pureed soup of potatoes, leeks, onions, cream and chicken stock. Though the name of the soup is French,
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Tuna Casserole: Ultimate comfort food revisited
With the appearance of canned and packaged foods on grocery shelves in the 1950s, the American housewife quickly discovered the
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Christmas Menu: Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti
In Time for Christmas. Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti: a colorful, crunchy, not-so-sweet cookie. Twice baked gives this cookie a dry texture,
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Thanksgiving Dinner Ideas: What’s on your menu?
Marshmallows, Oranges and Sweet Potatoes: The combination of these sweet ingredients creates a winning side dish for holiday or every day.
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Cling Peach Torte-Pie: So sweet, so good
Nothing compares to summer’s sweet, juicy peaches right off the tree, except for a canned jar of the yellow-orange fruit
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Apple Sauce Cupcakes reinvented from a 1950s version of Apple Sauce Cake. The original applesauce cake recipe calls for unsweetened
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Best recipes I’ve never tried: Cobra Soup, Elephant Stew, and more
Here’s an assortment of odd and unusual recipes that I’ve discovered over the years. I thought it’s time to bring
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