Flourishes and memories of Black Forest cake recipes
Reader notes share a nostalgic hunt for a chocolate Black Forest cake with whipped cream and cherries, referencing a Huntsville bakery, a Time-Life Germany cookbook origin, and hints of kirsch. Other letters discuss microwave cooking of potatoes, sweet potato nutrition, and reminiscences of past tuna macaroni salads and machetes cookies.
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Huntsville
Ala
Dros
Sandra Curtis
Woodville
Germany
Schwarzwalder
Spam musubi with furikake and nori preparation guide
A detailed recipe from On My Plate for making 40 bite size Spam musubi. Uses a spam can mold, cooked rice, fried Spam, soy mirin sugar glaze, nori sheets, and optional furikake. Steps cover rice pressing, rolling, slicing, and serving with nutrition facts per piece.
Obama Recipes Highlight Topolobampo Favorites
The article features Michelle Obama praising guacamole from Topolobampo in Chicago and provides a detailed avocado lime dip recipe with 103 calorie per serving nutrition. It also describes Southeast Asian chicken satay with a coconut style sauce and 24 skewers yield, including prep and cooking steps.
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Topolobampo
Chicago
Michelle
Jennifer Fite
Rick Bayless
Kenyan Mash Corn and Beans and Susie's Chili Parlor Dish Pairing
A mash of dried beans or peas with potatoes plantains and corn inspired by Dorinda Hafner's A Taste of Africa yields 15 servings with 259 calories per. Susie's Chili Parlor in El Dorado Kaw contributes a bold chili recipe featuring ground chuck pinto beans and tomato sauce making 16 servings at 324 calories each. Barack Obama’s grandfather was born in El Dorado and the president-elect visited Susie's on a campaign stop last year.
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Africa
Dorinda Hafner
Hafner
Susie Gillis
Susie's
el Dorado
Kaw
Barack Obama
Truth About Anti-Aging Dreams Ad Claims
A reader asks if wrinkle creams work. The column promotes ebS Facial Cream and eb5 Eye Treatment as effective anti aging products with claims of smoothing wrinkles and reducing dark circles. Products sold in JCPenney Cosmetics with a toll free number and a website.
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Boomer
Oregon
Jcpenney
Eb5
Chocolate Cherry Layer Cake and Sweet Potato Topping
Dessert recipes detail constructing a dark chocolate cherry cake with four layers, poached or canned cherries, and a chocolate cream filling using gelatin and cocoa. Includes a sweet potato topping and a vanilla loaf cake with butter cream, baking parameters, and nutritional notes.
What is star anise and how to use it in cooking
Kathleen Purvis explains star anise a star shaped seed pod spice used in Chinese cookery and in five spice powder with fennel cloves cinnamon and Szechuan pepper. It can be found in Asian markets or large supermarkets and may be stored in the freezer. If unavailable use one half to one teaspoon five spice powder as a substitute.
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Supermar
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Code's Corner
Linda Cicero
Alexandros
Judy Apisdorf
Center For Science In the Public Interest
Ruth Dunkel
Miami
Hartford
Conn
Sleuth's Corner
Q Corral Americ
G.S.K., Key Biscayne, Fla
Obama
Indoolig
Southeast Asia
Donna
Dallas
Kathleen Purvis McClatchy
Kathleen Purvis
Purvis
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