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Fruit Cocktail Cake from American Cake by Annie Byrn

Fruit Cocktail Cake from American Cake by Annie Byrn

Remember fruit cocktail? We used to get it in grade school, though I doubt they do that anymore in the pizza-age. When was the last time you even bought a can of fruit cocktail? For Suzi and me, it was about forty years. But an amazing book, American Cake by Annie...
Mint Julep Fruit Salad from What Can I Bring?

Mint Julep Fruit Salad from What Can I Bring?

I know, something “Mint Julep” is surely something for spring. But this Mint Julep idea comes from a wonderful new cookbook, What Can I Bring?, a book that you will surely want to flip through every page discovering wonderful Southern-style comfort food. Here a mint...
TBT Recipe: Smoothie ala Tiny’s

TBT Recipe: Smoothie ala Tiny’s

I was in Seattle last month and again enjoyed a smoothie at Pike Place Market. Tiny’s makes the best smoothies ever. Just wonderful. Their secret? Fresh fruit always and apple juice as the liquid. No yogurt, no protein mix. Just fruit and juice. Seattle is...
Fruit Mostarda for the Year Round from Put’em UP! Fruit

Fruit Mostarda for the Year Round from Put’em UP! Fruit

Author Sherri Brooks Vinton, of Put’em UP! Fruit and Put’em UP! fame, notes that mostardas have long histories. They were created in medieval Italy when sugar and mustard where used to preserve fruit. Sugar and mustard were then affordable only by the...