Ann Barnnett in Greenbush asked for a chocolate shortcake recipe a couple of weeks ago. She had seen a picture of one and thought it looked good. Thank goodness a handful of you came through with …
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I broke my wrist a couple of weeks ago, swing dancing with my husband, Jamie. The first week we had so many wonderful items dropped by that I barely had to lift a spoon to cook. I was a bit more …
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Tapenade is yet another of those really delicious things that people my age, growing up in the ’50s and ’60s, never heard of until the last decade or two. Now you can get prepared jars of it not …
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Sometimes a cold potato salad with celery, onions, boiled eggs and a generous dollop of mayonnaise is just the ticket for a summer supper. Fortunately, potatoes take kindly to all sorts of additions …
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I never make cheesecake anymore. About 20 years ago, I baked two cheesecakes weekly at a little inn on the island, and I was cured for life, you might say. Over the time I did that, roughly four …
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The West End Neighborhood Association in Portland and Linda Bean’s Perfect Maine will attempt to make the world’s longest lobster roll on Sunday, June 7, at the 36th annual Old Port Festival.
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I’ve just completed a course in ham loaf, taught by seven of you. If I had ever had ham loaf before now, I didn’t remember it. I think it is worth repeating, though, and I was happy to see how …
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Not everybody likes parsnips but my bet is that anyone will like this parsnip cake. Some nice reader whose name became separated from the recipe shared this almost a year ago. Many thanks to you, …
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