A Loaf of Bread and Thou ~ The first loaf: Zopf (Züpfe) ~ a braided Swiss bread
“The true spiritual home of the teapot is surely in a softly-lighted room between a deep armchair and a sofa, …
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Lüchow’s German Dessert Pancake with Preisselberry Sauce and Kirsch
“A fragrance delicate, but not weak, and slightly male, rides the air. It composes itself of the aromas of solid …
Velouté de carottes au curry ~ a warmly spiced French carrot soup
The Story of the Three Chefs ~ A Fractured Culinary Fairy Tale Once upon a time, there were three …
Salad of Fillet of Smoked Trout, Fresh Corn, Mâche, Tomato and Thyme with Balsamic and Garlic Vinaigrette
A concert, an evening at the opera or the theater–anyone of these may serve as a nice way to celebrate …
Csudafinom csokitorta ~ a Deluxe Chocolate Cake Hungarian Style
“True knowledge consists in knowing things, not words, ” wrote Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. (Lady Montagu (1689-1762) was the wife …
Crisp Pickled Cucumber Salad ~ Ropogós ecetes Uborkasaláta
It is a rare restaurant in Budapest which serves traditional Hungarian food and has no version of this cucumber salad …
Braised Green Beans with Bacon
“There was [a] time when I was leaving a garden, and home for a long, long stay,” wrote Jean Bothwell. …
Off the Menu ~ Mrs. Earline Hicks’ Gingersnap Pumpkin Pie and A Sweet Potato Pone for Thansksgiving
Freda DeKnight (1909 – 1963) learned to love cooking as a child. When Freda was two, her father died, and …
Maple and Mustard Glazed Roast Loin of Pork with Paprika and Mushroom Sauce
Cole Porter is not alone in his flare for boldly rhyming where no man has rhymed before. The author of …
Homemade Egg Noodles
A lady I once knew believed that if she ate a chicken, she ought also to have raised it and …
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