Pears and Chocolate Micros Poached Pears Dish
A microwave friendly dessert from Linda West Eckhardt’s Pears celebrates using the microwave to poach pears and make hot fudge sauce. The recipe yields cinnamon spiced pears with a rich fudge, served with mint and syrup, and notes substitutions and kitchen tips.
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Chronicle Books
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Scripps Howard News Service
Yum Yum Shoppe: Middletown Baker Keeps Busy Legacy
Frances Blickenstaff runs the Yum Yum Shoppe in Middletown, opening at 4 or 5 a.m. for doughnut mornings and daily pies, cakes, and baked goods. Since 1987 the expanded shop serves meals and carryout, with 30 weekly orders and pies shipped to local retailers and the American Legion.
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Yum Yum Shoppe’s chef shares pies and breads in small-town kitchen
Mrs. Blickenstaff runs the Yum Yum Shoppe with two staffers, Carol Ecton and Bonnie Jackson, baking nearly all pies weekly and offering turkey and roast beef sandwiches, soups, and salads. She emphasizes homey desserts from cobblers to coconut cream pie, with equipment upgrades like a new soft-serve ice cream machine and hours extending to include evening desserts. The feature notes her long career, family, and prior kitchen roles while teasing an upcoming Who's Cooking profile.
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Frances Blickenstaff
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Juice bars emerge as a hot segment of the 1990s market
The piece surveys the rise of juice bars and smoothies as healthful, convenient alternatives to fast food. It notes brand players like Smoothie King and Surf City Squeeze, quotes executives, and describes popular drinks and menus, including citrus berry slush, fruit shakes, and strawberry slims, with recipe blurbs.
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Scottsdale
Ariz
Smoothie King
McDonald's
Richard Leveille
Mr. Molitor
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