Garlic – the glorious bulb
By Linda Gabris
Issue #86 • March/April, 2004
Whether you know it as ail in French, lashun in Hindi, da suan in Chinese, aglio in Italian, fokhagyma in Hungarian or plain old garlic in English, the...
Sunday night dinner
By Ilene Duffy
Issue #121 • January/February, 2010
"Tradition! Tradition!" I can still hear the bellowing song from Fiddler on the Roof that we listened to over and over as kids. Some of us have religious...
The convenience of a bread bucket
By Karen Marshall
Issue #145 • January/February, 2014
Does making four or more loaves of bread at a time, with no hand kneading, no electricity, and only one container to clean sound appealing?
If making one loaf...
Make sourdough with wild yeast
By Leah Leach
Issue #151 • January/February, 2015
Those of us who live as self-sufficiently as possible love to forage. From wild greens to wild meat, foraged foods make their way onto our tables as often...
Cast iron loaf pans from breakfast to dessert
By Matt and Linda Morehouse
Issue #133 • January/February, 2012
Cast iron loaf pans are not just for bread. Nearly as versatile as the cast iron 10-inch (#8) covered skillet, the venerable cast iron loaf pan...
Sourdough simplified
By Jim Capossela
I’m not a movie buff but one could imagine that you wouldn’t have to watch too many John Wayne movies before seeing old Duke sitting around a campfire (scolding someone?) with a...
Your honey will love your sweet buns
By Jennifer Stein Barker
Issue #51 • May/June, 1998
Sweet rolls (or sweet buns, Danish pastries, sticky buns, coffee cake, etc.) are an American tradition for breakfast. Sometimes they are served with eggs and cooked meats,...
Liver Fricassee
Recipe of the Week
Liver Fricassee
Courtesy of
Robert Waite
Ingredients
1 pound beef liver
3 large or 6 small white onions, peeled and chopped
3 medium green bell peppers, seeded and chopped
1 (14 -16 oz.) can whole tomatoes, drained and...
Uncooked Peanut-butter Candy
Recipe of the Week
Uncooked Peanut-butter Candy
Courtesy of
Ruth Dasche
Ingredients
1/2 cup smooth or crunchy peanut butter
1/2 cup honey (any kind you like)
3/4 to 1 cup powdered milk
Method
Using a 1 quart or larger bowl, add...
Banana, blueberry, and peach scones
By Ilene Duffy
Issue #136 • July/August, 2012
My friend Alison and I have known each other a long time. We were roommates in college for several years, and then we both had three boys at...
Chicken Curry
Recipe of the Week
Chicken Curry
Courtesy of
Martha Winford
Ingredients
2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken, cut to serving size pieces
2/3 cup peanut or vegetable oil
1-1/2 cups coarsely grated onion
2 cups water
1 cup yogurt
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 4 inch...
Pear honey
Recipe of the Week
Pear honey
Courtesy of
Alice Brantley Yeager
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 qt. of ground Kieffer pears (peel and core before grinding)
3 cups sugar
juice of...
Betty’s Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce
Recipe of the Week
Betty's Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce
Courtesy of
Elizabeth Ann Forman
Ingredients
Bread Pudding:
3-1/2 cups milk
20 slices stale or dried bread, broken into cubes
1 cup raisins, soaked in rum
1 can apple pie filling
1/2 cup butter
1-1/4...
Make elderberry syrup for flu season
By Karen M. House
Issue #169 • January/February, 2018
Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) has been a traditional influenza remedy for hundreds of years. I first learned about using elderberry syrup as a flu treatment a few years...
Red flannel hash
Recipe of the Week
Red flannel hash
Courtesy of
Rodney Merrill
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
2 cups chopped turkey, corned beef, or ham
2 cups diced leftover baked potatoes
1 cup diced...
Apple slaw
Recipe of the Week
Apple slaw
Courtesy of
Anne Westbrook Dominick
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
4 cups shredded cabbage
2 large apples, cored and diced (not peeled)
1 small onion, minced
2 Tbsp....
