It’s not easy being a wizard, even the professors have to get away from the bustle and the endless grading of scrolls of Hogwart’s. While students often opt for a big mug of butter beer, the professors’ order is a…
Spotted Dick is a difficult dish for Americans to understand. All jokes aside, Spotted Dick is an English steamed pudding. More like a hot, moist pound cake than American pudding. When Americans talk about pudding, we think of those little…
I may be a Disneyland girl through and through, but I have to say I’ve been horribly tempted and torn by all the images of Diagon Alley at the Wizard World of Harry Potter in Orlando Florida! Apparently, Hollywood will…
Bubble and Squeak are little cakes of fried vegetables, typically potatoes and cabbage. The name ‘bubble and squeak’ was coined in 1785 to describe the noises it made when cooked over a fire. I remember it mentioned as a child…
Occasionally, I’ll use tomato paste as an egg replacer in savory dishes. It’s a great binder for burgers and (obviously) meatloaves. Though, recently this tomato soup recipe has been making a serious comeback. Some say the original is a midcentury…
Don’t be scared—bananas have always made great binders and egg-replacers! Why should they be reserved for the sweet stuff? This gem was uncovered EatMeDaily.com and came from a publication by the Meloripe Fruit Company. The leaflet read “From Bananas: How…
The beginnings of upside-down cakes are a little older than our retro time frame. Inverted cakes date back hundred of years. In the Americas, they were called skillet cakes, cooked over a fire, and featured prunes, apples, or berries. The…
I’ve shared a few biscuit recipes here before and these are just as scrummy! I this 1957 recipe a healthy upgrade with whole wheat flour, but spelt would be a good choice too. I call these “biscuits for people who…
This breakfast on-the-go shows that it was just as hard in the 60s to fit fiber into your child’s diet. You had to hide it in a chunky looking ‘milkshake’. Unfortunately, we are still manipulating foods to add fiber and…
Vegan cheeses have become quite a thing as of late. I know of more than a dozen small time artisan and big brand cheeses popping up all over the country—aged nut cheeses, spreadable, wedges, shreds… You name it and they…