Beth’s Blog

The Microwave: S’Mores Hit The Big Time

Sunday January 22, 2012

The gooey childhood delights composed of melted marshmallows and chocolate bars sandwiched between two graham cracker squares are one of the newest members of the creative home kitchen.

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The Baker: Emily’s Lemon Bars

Sunday January 15, 2012

One of the great members of the bar cookie world is the lemon bar. You can say there was BLB (before lemon bar) and ALB (after lemon bar) in my life. Certainly there is no other bar cookie that is as unique and vibrant as the lemon bar.

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The Baker: Food Processor Italian Whole Wheat with Marinated Goat Cheese

Sunday January 8, 2012

I took a bread baking class at a virtually unknown cooking school, long gone and forgotten now, with my mother in the 1980s and learned this Italian whole wheat bread. It is called a traditional pane integrale.

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Ma Petite Chou: Kimchi

Sunday January 1, 2012

Sauerkraut and its relative kimchi have become popular again with the back-to-the-kitchen movement of fermented homemade foods that are so healthy. Kimchi is a Korean dish of marinated vegetables, most commonly thought of as a pickle condiment, but it is far more versatile a food.

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Buffet Salmon En Croûte with Creamy Red Pepper Sauce

Sunday December 25, 2011


My mother attended a holiday potluck and on the table was a delicate, buttery, flakey pastry wrapped salmon stuffed with spinach and mushrooms; there was a warm red pepper sauce on the side for drizzling.  It was a smash hit…

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Holiday Baking: My Winter Fruit-and-Nut Cake

Sunday December 18, 2011


Fruitcakes usually call for lots of butter to be creamed with the sugar and flour.  Imagine my delight to find that just as good a fruitcake can be made without any added fat other than the nuts.  In place of…

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Holiday Baking: Christmas Butter Cookies

Sunday December 11, 2011



Butter cookies are good for company, for Christmas Eve, after mass, after dinner.  They are a gloriously simple rolled cookie. And this recipe is the one perfect recipe to have in your stash of Christmas cookies for giving and sharing,…

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The Microwave: Tokyo Clam Chowder

Sunday December 4, 2011


White clam chowder remains one of the classic American soups, once regional, now transcontinental. There are Santa Cruz boardwalk clam chowders, Miami clam chowder, Nantucket clam chowder, Fire Island clam chowder, Chicago clam chowder, and of course, a New York…

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Bunny’s Day-After Thanksgiving Turkey, Stuffing, and Vegetable Pie

Sunday November 27, 2011

This is a recipe created by my friend Bunny Dimmel for the day after Thanksgiving main meal. “We had it for supper on Friday,” she wrote on a Thanksgiving weekend. “And it was the best ever. We all liked it better than the Thanksgiving dinner itself.”

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Roast Boneless Turkey with Chestnuts and Dried Cherries

Sunday November 20, 2011


This rolled and stuffed turkey breast is a wonderful alternative to the whole stuffed bird at Thanksgiving and Christmas. It is easier to prep and takes up lots less room in the fridge. I have made this umpteen times for…

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