As American As Apple Pie

We love baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet – or so an old ad for Chevrolet tells us. Apple pie is as American as… well.. apple pie. If baseball is the All-American sport, then apple pie is the all-American dessert. And while the internet and book stores have spread the recipes far and wide, [...]

The World’s Best Pickles

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I knew they were the world’s best pickles the moment I tasted one. That first taste took place around 1950, and I’ve tasted a lot of pickles since, am a pickle hound in fact, but I’ve never come across anything else as good.
They came to us by way of my Uncle Ronald Smith, [...]

Tarte Tatin Part 2

Now – Let’s tackle the pastry side of the recipe.  If you want to make it from scratch, that is.  How do we know which flour to use, and when?
Flour is in truth, fine powder milled from different seeds including wheat.  When adding a few grain types and milled together, it makes tasty whole wheat [...]

Tarte Tatin Part 1

Try Ending the splendid dinner affair with a simple upside down apple tart or Tart Tatin as the French calls it.
All you need is a cup of sugar heated on the pan and place sliced apple the way you want the tart to be seen.  But you also need the base of the pastry and [...]

Salad Dressing Ideas – the Basics you need to know

Having seen most TV Chefs prepare salads and dressings, I have come to a conclusion that you basically need to know the basics of a dressing and once you get the idea, you may start to substitute some of the elements or in this case, the taste and “chemical” requirements of a dressing to cater [...]

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