“With just 2 essential ingredients, strawberries and sugar, you can make this incredibly luscious and simple homemade sorbet to celebrate the strawberry harvest.” Homemade strawberry sorbet is easier to make than you might think. With strawberries at the height of their season right now, you’re sure to find them in…
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Homemade Meatballs
Homemade meatballs hold a revered place in American cuisine, much like they do in Italy. There is a difference though. While we cherish a plate of spaghetti and meatballs in the U.S., it’s not something you will likely find together in traditional Italian households or restaurants in Italy. Though I’ll…
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Sourdough Bread for Beginners
Prepare the dough at night, bake it in the morning. The rise happens while you’re sleeping. “The beauty of sourdough bread is that no two loaves are ever exactly the same.” Light and airy with a dark, crispy crust, a crumb with a creamy texture and a superb mouthfeel –…
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Mrs. Hamilton’s Gingerbread Cake (1943)
I recently came across a recipe tin at my local antique shop, filled with handwritten desserts, delicate newspaper clippings, and a small bundle of stickers scripted with “from the kitchen of Mrs. Hamilton” still waiting to be used. The tin is dated 1943. While it appears Mrs. Hamilton had a…
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Pan Seared Steak with Garlic & Butter
The only steak recipe you will ever need. There are several members of my family who would be quite content to live on steak alone. Needless to say, I have a fool-proof recipe, a recipe that I have deemed my one and only for pan seared, thick-cut, and bone-in steaks.…