Berry desserts celebrate season of ripe strawberries
Return of the strawberry season brings easy desserts such as whole berries with whipped cream or sour cream and brown sugar. Options include chocolate dipped strawberries, strawberry pie, strawberry shortcake, and garnishes for cheesecakes and puddings. Strawberries offer vitamin C and iron with about 60 calories per cup.
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Pam Fruehling
the Gazette
SUN
Delicious strawberry recipes and dessert guide
A collection of strawberry dessert instructions detailing a strawberry cheese torte, hot strawberry sauce, and a flambé strawberries jubilee. It includes crust and filling components, berry prep, gelatin thickening, and serving suggestions with yields and uses.
Diverse cooking roots shape Bunny Tomes recipes
Cedar Rapids resident Bunny Tomes shares her varied culinary heritage from Greek and Polish grandparents, plus East Coast influences near Boston. Now executive secretary for the Cedar Rapids Marion Arts Council she keeps favorites like Gyros Greek Meatloaf and Tiropittes, freezes many for quick meals, and still experiments with new dishes when time allows.
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Cindy Cullen
Watertown
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Bunny Tomes
Parkland Drive
Boston
Bunny
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Cedar Rapids
Collins Division
Rockwell International
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Old fashioned larding needle may return with marbled beef
The piece argues for a comeback of the larding needle as beef quality leans leaner. It describes three main types, from simple hinged needles to a versatile, expensive model, explaining how fat intrudes improves flavor in roasts and noting a referenced beef roast larded with ancho.
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