Portuguese soup memories link Emeril to Fall River origins
Readers recount a Portuguese soup called caldo or caldo de caldo line, associated with Emeril Lagasse and his mother Hilda from Fall River Mass. They discuss variations using kale cabbage greens and beans, note the term caldo de caldo meaning little soup, and relate personal family histories from Miami and nearby New England Portuguese communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Landry
Miami Beach
Rosie O’donnell
Landry
Joan Greenberg
Miami
Emeril Lagasse
Hilda
Emeril
Fall River
Mass
TVFN
Inez Souza Wilson
Caroline
San Miguel
Azores
New Bedford
Wilson
Inez
St. John's Club
Hearty Navy Bean Soup and Potato Cake Duo
A kitchen recipe item details soaking beans with chorizo and greens, simmering into a rich navy bean soup served with minted garnish and crusty bread. Also included is a butter fried potato cake recipe with browned crust, serving six, and separate nutrition notes.
Chestnuts Return to American Tables After Blight
Chestnuts, once central to Native and European cuisine, vanished after the 1904 blight but are reappearing in supermarkets. The article traces history from ghost red woods to the American Chestnut Foundation, outlines quality indicators, and offers cooking methods from oven to stove top, including scoring and roasting guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Bronx Zoo
American Chestnut Foundation
Cord blood banking praised in Dear Abby letters
Reach of cord blood stem cell therapy grows as readers praise the Dear Abby column for promoting cord blood banking. Educators and registries urge families to consider private storage or donation, noting benefits for cancer, leukemia, and sickle cell disease with immediate post birth collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Kay
Jack Mullins
Appleton
Wise
Jack
International Cord Blood Foundation
Cordblood.com
Cord Blood Registry
Cookbooks spotlight heritage and homestyle recipes
A vivid cookbook roundup highlights America's melting pot traditions with White Beans with Linguica from Rhode Island's Portuguese community, Miss Daisy's Red Rice from South Carolina, Rose's Calamari from San Francisco, and classics like Macaroni and Cheese. It includes Janie Hibler's Wild about Game and Elizabeth Schneider's Incommon Foods, plus desserts from James Villas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Rhode Island
Miss Daisy
South Carolina
Low Country
Rose
San Francisco
North Beach
Elizabeth Schneider
William Morrow
Lug Schneider
Arugula
Yuca
Schneider
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Germany
Linda Cicero
Cook's Corner
Betty Rieser
Weston, Fla
Sleuth’s Corner
Danielle Baker
Cook’s Corner
c/o Food & Fitness
the Herald
Herald Plaza
Fla
ROSTI
Katie Heffelfinger
Bethlehem, Pa
Dear Abby
P.O. Box
Los Angeles
Calif
Abigail van Buren
Janie Hibler
Broadway Books
Hibler
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Pegc
James Villas
Martha Pearl Villas
William Morrow and Co
Villas
Town and Country Magazine
Martha Pearl
Jim
Lidia
Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
Marcella
Victor Hazan
Italy
Florida
Lidia Bastianich
Manhattan
Felicia
Becca
Frico Bar
Bastianich
Istria
Adriatic Sea
PRE- Bert
BOSS
Muay Nan
Eureka
Cyclonic
Enviro Steamer
Sentires
Creans
Zelf
Cleveland St
Elyria
Boss Lite
Rae
Lorain
Cana Ee KY
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