What to do with Thanksgiving leftovers! Once again, we can look to the past for inspiration -- thank you Margaret Ruskin for the idea! That's the buzz this week everywhere in the world of food. Forget about the meal itself, let's fast forward to the day afterwards when we will create an array of ...
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Vintage Canning Cone Sieve Colander Strainer Wood Masher Rolling Pin Pestle
Sometimes something from the past deserves a reinvention for a new time. Take this vintage cone sieve with wood masher which finishes your tomato sauce better than any sieve with a hand crank. I used it this afternoon to get the most puree out of the remaining seeds and skins which were leftover ...
“Good Nutrition Brings Double Happiness” Betty Crocker
I scored a first edition 1950 copy of a Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook at an estate sale last Friday and I am having a hard time containing my excitement. I think this beautiful red binder is going to alter my life in some way (not sure yet how) and that’s why I love estate sales so much. You never ...
Cranberry Sauce-Filled Muffins
Reminiscent of old fashioned jelly filled donuts, cake flour makes these muffins light and airy. The cranberry sauce is a tart surprise with every bite of these sweet treats. They are a terrific way to use up your leftover cranberry sauce from Thanksgiving. ...
Stuffed Acorn Squash care of Pepperidge Farm Cookbook
In the forward of her delightful book, The Pepperidge Farm Cookbook, Margaret Ruskin writes: “Few things are more rewarding to a woman than that happy feeling she has when she knows that the food she has prepared with love and interest brings pleasure to her family, served in a setting more ...