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Like Lucy, the Australopithecus from which all humans spawn, this brownie recipe from “The Joy of ...
1½ cups flour
1/2 cup shortening
Blend until mealy. Sprinkle a little ice water over dough, enough ...
1 sea bass or striped bass
1 pound shrimp
1 quart clams or mussels
¼ pound dried porcini mushrooms
(Adapted from the Original Brown Derby Cobb Salad recipe)
1 avocado
1/2 cup Roquefort cheese, ...
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice and mint springs, muddled
1/4 oz apricot flavored brandy
1/4 teaspoon ...
(Makes 8 generously filled pies)
Cakes
2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup Dutch-processed ...
My first taste of Chef Josiah Citrin’s cooking was at the James Beard “Chefs and Champagne” event ...
I just spent my first night in Rome and wanted to share my dinner from last night. It was at Al ...
Artisan cheese in the display case, turkey meatloaf you wish you could make at home, fresh ...
"Can I get real milk?"
"Honey, you're not in LA, it's creamers or black coffee for you."
He ...
From the L.A. Times
By Thanksgiving weekend, the prep work was well underway. All year ...
As a kid I always loved eating chocolate-covered jelly rings by the handful. I eagerly looked ...
I remember it like it was yesterday – laying in bed, completely entranced in the fiery excitement ...
From the NY Time Magazine
For anyone who grew up near Circleville, Ohio, the possibilities ...
What is life without a little bit of the whimsical? The magical? The fanciful?
I think that is ...
Like many home cooks, I'm always looking for new recipes and cookbooks that will elevate the ...
October, 1962. Johnny Carson became the new host of “The Tonight Show”. The Cuban Missile Crisis ...
“Ouch,” my husband groaned miserably as something metal jabbed him in the side. “It’s like ...
In the summer of 1966 I worked as a dishwasher in a summer camp near Hunter Mountain in upstate New ...