Illinois cook shares secrets and recipes from Cedar Rapids to Joliet
The Gazette readers share home recipes and tips from readers across Iowa and Illinois. Ken Strappaton of Joliet visits Washington state friend Bill Jeffries and shares cookies and crust ideas plus a potato bake and graham crust variation. Readers seek lost Raspberry Coffee Cake recipe and Pasta Salad a la Stroganoff, with contact details for Cook's Exchange in Cedar Rapids.
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Ken Strappazon
Joliet, Ill
Iowa
Bill Jeffries
Washington
Strappazon
Strappaton
Berta Brandon
Brandon
Sharon Colton
Ruth Ann Dill
Cedar Rapids
Colton
Dill
Mary Ellen Johnson
the Gazette
Johnson
Cook's Exchange
the Gazette Food Plus
P.O. Box
Frugal Gourmet Faces Backlash Amid Kitchen Fame
Frugal Gourmet Jeff Smith brushes off criticism from Harper's Newsweek and chefs as jealousy. With 15 million TV viewers and nearly 5 million books sold, he defends frugality as smart use of money and plans The Frugal Gourmet's Italian Journal while continuing TV taping and book work.
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Jeff Smith
Associated Press
Harper’s Magazine
Newsweek
Italy
Harper’s
Smith
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Bill Moyers
Insinkerator
P.C
Laura Shapiro
Shapiro
International Association of Culinary
Miami Herald
Felicia Grossette
Irena Chalmers
Newsday
Irene Sax
Coloring Bottled Cherries Patent Draws Crowd
USDA scientists patent a process to color bottled cherries by soaking in alcohol and pigments from peppers or tomatoes, alcohol removed later. Blockbuster tests frozen pizza and yogurt in 100 stores in Texas and Florida. White Castle hosts a burger contest with Broccoli Castlerole by Carol Cox of Cincinnati winning a weekly prize.
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The
Wall Street Journal
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Blockbuster
Texas
Florida
White Castle
Carol Cox
Cincinnati
Cox
Goodies by Mail Lea delivers chocolate door to door
Lea Jean Nimmo ships fudge frosted brownies across the country via UPS from Ladysmith Wisconsin. A dozen large brownies cost 21.95 with 16 flavors including raspberry cheesecake and cappuccino plus options like fudge and cookies. Orders accepted by Mastercard Visa and American Express.
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Los Angeles Times
Lea Jean Nimmo
Nimmo
Choc-O-Lea’s
Jet Road
Ladysmith
Wis
Mastercard
Visa
American Experess
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