WHEN I WAS 5, my best friend’s mom—a prima ballerina from Australia, took it upon herself to teach the girls in our class ballet. We may have been her biggest…
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Arugula, Asian Pear, and Spiced Nut Salad
SO SIMPLE TO MAKE, and yet so deeply flavored, this salad is a summer favorite. It’s a toss of baby arugula leaves with juicy Asian pear, the tang of balsamic…
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British Pork Pie
AMERICANS LOVE THEIR apple pie, but in Britain, pork pies rule the pastry roost. Brits spend more than £165 million on pork pies every year, according to statistics from the Kantar…
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Chocolate Cherry Whipped Cream Cake
CHOCOLATE FUDGE and tender yellow cake layers with vanilla cream and cherry fillings, and cherries on the top! This beautiful cake is one fancy Valentine. The recipe makes a four-layer cake,…
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40 Cloves of Garlic Chicken-Healthy Version
WHEN JAMES BEARD first whipped this up for Julia Child, he included matchstick-sliced carrot and slivered onion in the dish as we’ve done here. What we took out was half of…
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Butternut Squash Ravioli with Browned Butter Sage …
EVERYONE HAS A favorite Italian pasta dish, and this autumnal treat is mine. Tender ravioli pillows filled with butternut squash, onion, and savory parmesan, are finished with browned butter and sage….
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Goat’s Milk Cheese Curds With Lavender …
FRESH OUT OF THE cheesemaking vats, cheese curds squeak when you bite them and have a milky, mild flavor. Coated in crumbs or batters and deep fried, they transform to…
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Sweet Corn and Bacon Pie
THE WAITRESS at Ernie Risser’s family restaurant in Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania, watches me looking dubiously at the gravy boat she plunked down with the corn pie I ordered. Assuming we’re in…
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Portuguese Egg Bread
WHEN I WAS writing for a national newspaper’s food section, Suzana B. reached out in search of a sweet Portuguese bread her husband used to enjoy. After a little testing,…
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Traditional Christmas Pudding
STIR IT UP! That is the chorus in Britain on Stir it Up Sunday, right before Advent. Churchgoers hear, “Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy…
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