For Aubin Edmond Arsenault, it was not so much the destination that mattered, but the journey. As he made his way to England, South Africa...
Guest Post: Throwback to the 70s: My Father’s Kitchen Sink Cookies and Recipes for a Small Planet
I was, at first, flummoxed at what sort of recipe would be appropriate for this project—what cookbook could I choose that would be c...
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Laura Derr
Aubin-Edmond Arsenault, the ultimate Acadian foodie, Part 3 of 4: Looking for Southern cousins, finding oysters, coffee and gumbo
Louisiana left a great impression on me. Nowhere have I found more hospitable people. Wherever one goes, the coffee pot is always on ...
Dali's Toffee Recipe
I failed at making Dali’s toffee with pine nuts recipe. Dali advises that the chef combine 2.25 pounds of sugar and 1 cu...
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Alex Ketchum
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Les Dîners de Gala
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Salvador Dali
Aubin-Edmond Arsenault, the ultimate Acadian foodie, Part 2: A Portrait of an Acadian as a Young Man
"[S]he rubbed her finger on one of the ribbons, then lifted the finger to her tongue. It was candy!" As the Queen of Englan...
Guest Post: Amanda Moniz Makes Amelia Simmons’s 1796 Christmas Cookey
It’s July. Time to start your Christmas baking. I got to thinking about Christmas baking thanks to the musings on American identity ...
Aubin-Edmond Arsenault, the ultimate Acadian foodie. Part 1 of 4: First, a Fricot.
Aubin-Edmond Arsenault (1870-1968) is best remembered as the Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1917 to 1919 -- becoming the first Acadi...
Soufflé Kocisky and the Rise of Instant Coffee
Waiting in line to go through customs at London's Heathrow Airport, it was all I could think about. Why couldn't there have been...
Guest Post: Ken Albala's Cervelat from the Livre fort excellent de cuysine 1549
This past spring I had the opportunity to cook for our annual graduating seniors party at my house -- about 40 people. The recipes all came...
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Ken Albala
Guest Post: Historical Cooking in the National Archives of Norway
This year, Norway celebrates the bicentenary of our Constitution, which was adopted at Eidsvoll on the 17th of May, 1814. It is the sec...
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