I love anything that involves cornmeal—corn bread, corn muffins, corn fritters, and especially polenta. Fried, grilled, or served creamy, it doesn't even matter what it's served with; if it's on the menu I will order it. There is something so...
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Photograph from theogeo on Flickr Pound cake owes its name to the easy-to-remember quantities in the original recipe: a pound of flour and a pound of butter. Unfortunately, those same quantities result in a cake that's dry and dense; for...
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In her cookbook The Taste of Country Cooking, Edna Lewis says there was always pound cake on special summer occasions to eat with whatever berries and fruit were left over from canning and preserving. This cake is dense and delicious,...
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This week's Cartoon Kitchen features Serious Eats' cartoonist in residence Larry Gonick's spin on pound cake. —Ed Levine...
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I know I'm going to get hammered by the nutrition police for advocating eating pound cake for brunch, but really, when you think about it, what's the difference between eating pound cake and eating pancakes or French toast or cereal?...
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