Cookies & Candies
Basler Brunsli by Greg Atkinson
Whoopsie, I moved this link. It’s over here now: Basler Brunsli (Chocolate-Almond Spice Cookies).
Month: December 2005
Articles
The History of our Recipes
Browsing our website, you might wonder where all these hundreds of recipes came from. I have always been an incorrigible recipe-clipper. Show me two or three recipes in the Sunday paper, and I’ll invariably need […]
Barry's family
Easy Hazelnut Sandwich Cookies
There’s a great story here… Our neighbor, Barbara Cowan, gave us some of these for Christmas. We already had dozens of homemade cookies, from oatmeal scotchies and Tollhouse cookies to molasses sandwich cookies and rum […]
Beverages
Spicy Cough and Cold Remedy
A nice alternative to peppermint tea and my other favorite, hot Tang (TM). 1/2 t powdered ginger 1/2 t ground cloves 1/2 t black pepper 1/2 t turmeric 2 tsp honey 1-2 T apple cider […]
Appetizers
Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls
I learned about these from my Korean friend, Chong Lee. She told me that all the filling ingredients are approximate — you can use a variety of meats, shrimp, and vegetables. The key is fresh […]
Alcoholic
Beverages
Cooked Egg Nog
My Microplane (TM) grater changed my life. That’s when Barry and I discovered that real, freshly grated nutmeg is a completely different animal from the stuff that comes in a little spice tin. That plus […]
Breakfast
Killer Oatmeal
The one and only! This legendary recipe comes from Bill Brown, who knows there’s no better way to motivate a crew of cold, damp sailors or house painters. There’s a famous story about another friend […]
Alcoholic
Coffee Herbie
This comes from the legendary Bill Brown, who discovered it at Anthony’s Home Port in Kirkland. Bill had a strange hypothesis, that Anthony’s took it off the menu because “herbie” sounded too much like “herpes.” […]
Meps original
Crunchy Cottage Cheese Veggie Salad
Too often, cottage cheese is served plain, a bland, boring food. But I fell in love with the stuff after I discovered Mollie Katzen’s “March Hare,” in her Moosewood Cookbook. Here, it’s full of crunch […]