First male winner highlights changing roles in bakeoff
The article notes Kurt Wait becoming the first man to win Pillsbury Bakeoff with a macadamia fudge torte earning $1 million over 20 years. It discusses rising male interest in cooking, from home kitchens to classes at Prairie Kitchens, and quotes men like Bryan Heiser and Dan Taylor embracing cooking as a skill and responsibility.
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Bryan Heiser
Niles, OL
Kurt Wait
Redwood City
Calif
Lynda Camps
Pillsbury
Claude Urbaniak
Heiser
Urbaniak
Prairie Kitchens
Chicagoland
Carolynn Friedman
Dan Taylor
Europe
Mom
Taylor
Henser
Nancy Barrett
Flower Vocational High School
Chicago
West Side
Food Service
Corned beef and cabbage on St Patrick’s Day debated
The piece traces corned beef’s American popularity for St Patrick’s Day while noting Irish practice favors turkey or other meals. It explains traditional curing methods, the shift to sodium nitrite, and how American and Irish traditions diverge in flavor and color.
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Sutton Place
Ireland
Pepper Apricot Corned Beef Glazed Basket
A recipe for corned beef brisket in a Dutch oven with apricot preserves glaze. It explains simmering the meat 2 to 3 hours until tender, glazing under a broiler, then slicing diagonally across the grain. Cattlemen's Association
Colcannon Style Potatoes with Mixed Vegetables
A Wisconsin recipe notes Colcannon style potatoes cooked with onions cabbage and carrots. The dish combines mashed potatoes with warmed milk butter salt and pepper then folds in the soft sautéed vegetables for six servings.
Irish Apple Cake from Complete Book of Irish Cooking
A traditional Irish cake recipe using two dough layers with apples and optional cloves. Mix flour baking powder and butter then add sugar milk and egg to form soft dough. Layer with apples and bake until browned serve warm with sugar and whipped cream. Serves six.
Avon Lake couple keeps St Patrick's Day tradition alive in Ireland style
Sean and Mona Burke, longtime Av on Lake residents and Irish Heritage Club founders, emphasize family faith over drink. The club hosts a Gaelic mass, charity dinners, and dances with events at the Irish Heritage Club center and the Statler Office Tower. Tickets cost 15 dollars for the corned beef dinner, with Sunday gatherings priced 5 dollars or 10 to 12 dollars for other events.
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Sean
Mona Burke
St. Patrick’s Day
Burkes
Avon Lake
United States
Ireland
Irish Heritage Club
Cleveland
St. John Cathedral
Statler Office Tower
Center
Sean Burke
Statler
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Thhyne
Carol Sugarman
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Washington Post
Martin Silver
Hebrew National
St Patrick
America
Myrtle Allen
Ballymaloe House
County Cork
Allen
Inlaw
Ballymaloe Cookery School
Darina Allen
Smithfield
Carina Allen
Penguin Studio
Eileen Ahern
Cork City
Dublin
Ann Brody
Cattlemen’s Association
Wisconsin
Marc Lesner
Chronicle
Sean and Mona Burkerish
Hertage Club
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