Category Archives: Recipes

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Recipe: Andersen’s Onion Cheese Bread

I had forgotten about Andersen’s Onion Cheese Bread until I started researching the main attraction at the Andersen’s Pea Soup restaurants in various California locations. This bread is a wonderful mashup of crunchy poppy seeds, chewy onion fragments and mellow … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Chili Crisp Ice Cream

Spicy Chili Crisp is the Sichuan condiment that’s taking the world by storm (our world anyway). It’s crunchy and flavorful without being overly hot, and has a bonus picture of a grumpy housewife on the label. What could be better? … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Instant Pot Sourdough Bread

You cook everything else in it, so why not Instant Pot Sourdough Bread? Use the “normal” Yogurt setting to generate the high heat necessary for proofing. (Sorry, actual baking has to be done in the oven.) This tasty loaf is … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Clams Rangoon

Clams Rangoon is like Crab Rangoon, but not. (And I’m sure Crab Rangoon was never served in Rangoon to begin with.) I ran across this recipe in an old Yan Can Cook cookbook that was probably a PBS giveaway. Martin … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Coconut Macaroons

Coconut macaroons are really easy to make if you start with Eagle brand sweetened condensed milk. This recipe is just sweet enough, not overly sweet like the macaroons that taste like candy; I’m adding them to my holiday cookie rotation. … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Paper Bag Sourdough Starter

[Want to give somebody the gift of a sourdough starter for Christmas? Then follow this recipe, starting right now!] Dabrownman and Mini Oven, two of the most prolific posters on The Fresh Loaf, have written most creatively about this starter … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Bourbon Persimmon Bread

My California friend Carol Worthington Levy came up with this delicious version of Bourbon Persimmon Bread, using persimmons grown in her own back yard. It’s modified from a recipe that originally appeared in Beard on Bread. Makes two 9-inch loaves. … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Pecan Pie a la Highland Park Cafeteria

It’s generally agreed that the delicious Highland Park Cafeteria pecan pie follows the recipe on the label of Karo Light Corn Syrup. My modest enhancement is to tweak the handling of the pecans and add a few extra nuts. Makes … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Korean Chicken Nuggets

McDonald’s has been running a special on Chicken McNuggets through its app and a few boxes (20 for $4.99) have passed through my home recently. I tried them reheated, and they’re not bad. So it occurred to me to do … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Election Bread (we need it more than ever)

In the Atlas Obscura article that inspired my Bone Bread recipe, I learned Marie Antoinette never said “let them eat cake”. More likely she said “let them eat brioche” which is a more reasonable suggestion. But there’s no evidence she … Continue reading →

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