American food — It’s as varied as the melting pot
By Richard Blunt
Issue #30 • November/December, 1994
Oftentimes, I stop and wonder what people ate in the early days of this country. We cooks do that sometimes. And it's at times like this that I...
Garlic Soup
Recipe of the Week
Garlic Soup
Courtesy of
Brad Delmonico
Ingredients
6 cups Vegetable Stock
6 slices Italian Bread, cut into 1-inch cubes
12 cloves garlic, quartered (use more if you like)
1/2 cup dry red Wine
2 Tbsp. Butter
1 Tbsp. Olive Oil
1...
Basic chicken broth
Richard Blunt
Ingredients
1 5-6 lb. stewing hen or roasting chicken
6 qts. cold water
2 medium onions, peeled and cut into quarters
1 celery rib with leaves attached
1 whole carrot
2 bay leaves
8 whole black peppercorns
3 whole cloves
1 piece...
Homemade healthy soba noodles
By Linda Gabris
Issue #105 • May/June, 2007
As any noodle lover knows, the world of noodles is a big one with almost every country having a traditional noodle deeply rooted in its history and culture.
Italy...
Czarist Chicken Salad
Recipe of the Week
Czarist Chicken Salad
Courtesy of
Frannie Burdette
Ingredients
4 chicken breast halves (about 1-1/2 pounds)
4 small red potatoes, boiled, peeled, sliced
1/2 cup coarsely chopped deli-style dill pickle
1 onion quartered, divided
1 rib celery,...
Apple Coffee Cake
Recipe of the Week
Apple Coffee Cake
Courtesy of
Beverly Rossman
This is an old family recipe. I can remember my dad, Robert Werner, getting up in the middle of the night in his pajamas to put...
Apple butter
Recipe of the Week
Apple butter
Courtesy of
Anne Westbrook Dominick
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
5 lbs. apples, stems removed and quartered
2 cups cider or cider vinegar
brown sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2...
Crawfish fettucine
Recipe of the Week
Crawfish fettucine
Courtesy of
James Robertson
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter
1 lb. crawfish tails
1 tsp. soy sauce
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
salt and...
Food security 101: Part 1
By Rowena Aldridge
Issue #138 • November/December, 2012
These days a lot of people are concerned, and rightly so, about their family's economic stability and security. Recently I've become aware of the ways in which I,...
Gourmet nutrition with beans and rice
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Gourmet nutrition
with beans and rice
By Richard Blunt
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By Richard Blunt
Rice is one of the first grains man domesticated. Today it is one of our most important food sources, accounting for one-fifth of the calories consumed...
Egg thingies
Recipe of the Week
Egg thingies
Courtesy of
John Silveira
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
For each egg:
1 Tbsp. or so of olive oil
1 green onion, diced
1 Tbsp. diced red...
Blueberry Vareniki
Recipe of the Week
Blueberry Vareniki
(Bluberry Filled Dumplings)
Courtesy of
Madd Russian
Ingredients
Dough
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 egg yolks
1/2 cup cold water
Filling
3-1/2 cups blueberries
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 to 1 teaspoon cinnamon (to taste)
3/4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Also
2 egg...
Maple Spiced Broiled Salmon
Recipe of the Week
Maple Spiced Broiled Salmon
Courtesy of
Barbara Sabek
Ingredients
4 salmon fillets (6 to 8 ounces each)
1/3 cup real maple syrup (NOT pancake syrup!)
1/2 cup water
4 teaspoons peeled, grated ginger root
2 cloves garlic minced fine
1/4...
Eggplant salad
Recipe of the Week
Eggplant salad
Courtesy of
Habeeb Salloum
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 large eggplant (about 2 lbs.)
oil for frying
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 small hot pepper, very finely...
Ham & Kidney Bean Soup
Recipe of the Week
Ham & Kidney Bean Soup
Courtesy of
Beverly Rossman
Ingredients
1 pound spicy or sweet Italian sausage
2 Smoked pork hocks, sawed in half by butcher.
3 medium Potatoes, peeled and cubed
3 Celery...






























