Food You Can Eat

Food You Can Eat: Bran Banana Bread

First things first:  I’m betting that my grandmother made this recipe with that classic mid-century naiveté thinking that this would be “healthy”.  To be clear, it is not.  A caveat

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Food You Can Eat

Food You Can Eat: Corn Bread

My father loved corn bread and was satisfied with a version from a mix. This recipe, adapted from Well Plated, is similar to what his mother would have made, updated

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Food You Can Eat

Food You Can Eat: Popovers

It’s possible popovers are a New England thing, as I’ve met people from elsewhere that didn’t even know what they were. They are the American version of a Yorkshire pudding

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Food You Can Eat: Cinnamon Custard Swirl Bread

First things first:  For almost 20 years now, I’ve been working on projects to document the lives of my grandparents so that the current, and yet-to-be-born generations of my family

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Food You Can Eat: Sweet Irish Soda Bread

There are a gazillion variations on soda bread, but they are united in being “quick”, using baking soda and/or baking powder (as opposed to yeast) for rising. There are also

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Food You Can Eat: GF Banana Bread

First things first: I do not fear the gluten, but Mrs. Butcher avoids it like the plague. Further, Mrs. Butcher has a habit of trying lots of different kinds of

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Food You Can Eat: Flour Tortillas with Rendered Fat

I came of age during the second wave of food television. Expanding on the groundwork laid by cooking show grand-matriarch Julia Child, the first wave of Food Network stars, including

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