Desserts
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Huckleberry Season
Not to brag, but here in the Northwest, we have an abundance of fresh fruit. From June through October, we are blessed with strawberries, raspberries, cherries, apricots, peaches, blackberries, pears, and apples. So…
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The Hundred Dollar Dinner
“Can one man eat a hundred dollars’ worth of food at one meal without making a pig of himself?” M.W. Mount – New York Tribune, 1908 That’s the question journalist M.W. Mount poses…
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Sucaryl
Happy Halloween! On a day when children are going to be loaded with sugar, I thought it would be fun to take a trip into the spooky world of sugar substitutes. Many sugar…
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Happy Pi Day!
In honor of Pi Day, here is a recipe from 60 Praise Winning Pastries by Martha Meade. This book was published in 1936 by the Sperry Flour Company. Consumers could obtain the book…
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Cheesecake and Spies
A few months ago, amid news of a national cream cheese shortage, Kraft offered consumers $20 as reimbursement for making a non-cream cheese dessert. I don’t know how many people took Kraft up…
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Your Neighbors’ Secret Recipes
Say hello to the newest addition to my collection, Your Neighbors’ Secret Recipes compiled by the Annual Staff Members Production Class of Prescott, Washington, in 1973. Many church and civic groups have compiled…
