Famous throughout France and Germany
I grew up in the Northeast of France, where winters are cold and snowy. This recipe is famous throughout France and Germany. It’s called Choucroute in France, Sauerkraut in Germany. When I make it for my family, I add a second jar of kraut. Ingredients: 2 lbs. baby back pork ribs (ours are from Huntoon […]
The perfect blend of taste and color
Cardamom Cream Cheese Linzer Cookies (from King Arthur Baking Co. ) Dough: ½ cup (92 g.) vegetable shortening 8 Tbsp. (113 g.) unsalted butter, softened 1 ½ cups (298 g.) sugar 4 oz. (113 g.) cream cheese, softened 1 large egg 1 tsp. vanilla extract ½ tsp. ground ginger ½ to 1 tsp. ground cardamom […]
This family favorite is easy to make
Coconut Macaroons 1 pkg (14 oz) flaked coconut (I used sweetened) 2/3 cup sugar 6 tablespoons flour ¼ teaspoon salt 4 egg whites (lightly beaten) 1 teaspoon almond extract 1 pkg (8 squares) Baker’s semi-sweet baking chocolate, melted (I used dark chocolate chips) Mix coconut, sugar, flour, and salt in a large bowl. Stir in […]
Cooks can experiment with variations to dish
Creamy Mushroom Linguine This dish can be prepared quickly from common ingredients that are available year-round. It’s a flexible recipe that can be a good starting point for your own experimental variations. Linguine is wider and has a “meatier” texture than spaghetti, but try it with other types of pasta. Linguine, or other pasta Fresh […]
Made from lamb purchased from Cedartree Farm
3 lbs. lamb shank. (We bought ours from Cedartree Farm) For the marinade: 2 cloves garlic 2 anchovies or anchovy paste 2 tbsp. Dijon mustard ( preferably Maille) 1/2 tbsp. fresh chopped rosemary 1 tsp. thyme Salt/pepper to taste. 1/4 cup olive oil Mix all ingredients together in a paste. Pat shank dry. Apply paste […]
Cook shares favorite America's Test Kitchen recipe
HERMIT COOKIES (America’s Test Kitchen recipe). Makes about 20 cookies 1 cup raisins 2 tbsp. crystallized ginger, finely chopped 8 tbsp. unsalted butter 1 tsp. ground cinnamon ¼ tsp. ground allspice 2 cups all-purpose flour ½ tsp. baking soda ½ tsp. salt ¾ cup (5 ¼ ounces) packed dark brown sugar ½ cup molasses (mild […]
When you’re shopping, there can be an overwhelming amount of information (and disinformation) on the product label. Chickens used to spend their entire life in a cage with no room to stretch and move about. They were treated as “egg laying machines” and not as sentient beings. I have raised chickens most of my life […]
Wells family holiday favorite
This has become a Wells family holiday favorite, adapted from our North Carolina friend’s recipe, whose family made theirs for many generations from the huge old “PEA-can” tree in their front yard. Sadly, the grand old tree blew down in a hurricane a few years back, but you can make sure the recipe lives on! […]
Recipe for stuffing with clams and water chestnuts
When I was the youngest member of my family (besides my brother, who was an infant), I was fortunate to have a full complement of four living great-grandparents. My great-gramma Niemeyer was commander of the kitchen on the morning of our annual Thanksgiving Day feast and would chuckle and laugh as she put everyone to […]