Author: Mary Miller
Dill Pickle Soup
Dill Pickle Soup This is one of those ‘use what you have’, any time peasant soups—this time, Eastern European. Kosher dill pickles, potatoes, carrots and sour cream—you almost don’t need a r... Read More
Bokharat—Arabic 7-Spice
Bokharat—Arabic 7-Spice Grinding spices as part of food prep is having a very long moment—although its been part of many food cultures for centuries. Not so hard to figure out spicy, hot, or s... Read More
Sweet Pepper and Orange Jam
Sweet Pepper and Orange Jam This is a basic quick jam recipe for small amounts of fruit. berry or vegetable jam to use as a condiment. To speed things along, start the process in the microwave.... Read More
Mrs. Loobner’s Banana Bread
Mrs. Loobner’s Banana Bread Who can forget Gilda Radner’s characters? And didn’t almost all of us know a Mrs. Loobner, of banana bread fame? The banana bread thing on TV seems to live on—like ... Read More
Six-Hour French Onion Soup
Six-hour French Onion Soup Ah, the joy of French onion soup—the aroma, the bread, the cheese. Happy memories of slipping into a Parisian bistro on a cold windy March night—sliding the heavy vestib... Read More
Half-Sour Pickles
HALF SOUR PICKLES After years of zesty but vinegar-y Heinz and Mount Olive—kept trying to find the taste of those pickles in a barrel I remembered from way back. Finally discovered that the very... Read More
Great (EASY) Chicken Wings
Great (EASY) Chicken Wings February barbecue, anybody? Starting to watch folks in down jackets firing up the cookers—desperate for wings and a beer, and Spring! But for anyone still shoveling snow o... Read More