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What's your favorite STOREBOUGHT food gift?
Homemade biscoti and several copies of the recipe. I did this once because the hostess wanted the recipe and now I don't get away without giving out the recipe for whatever type I make. Once people find out that biscoti is NOT hard to make, they want to try it themselves.
a reliable sweet dough for tarts
Find a copy of the original Betty Crocker Cookbook , (it was recently reprinted) or any other published cookbook of that period. The recipes are not what you want so much as the pictures that accompany techniques. Study what they have to say. Remember, in the 1950s, people made almost all the pies consumed. No frozen food industy yet to speak of then. Apply the info and as my mom would say, "Practice and then practice some more." Good pie crust sweet or savory takes practice!
Kumquats!
Talk of childhood memories! Everyone thinks I'm crazy when I mention loquats. Somewhere out there there must be someone who distributes loquates. I wish I could find them. There were two trees that I and my friends would play under and no one could see us. I am a big fan of that other plump fruit as well, the lovely avocado. Thank goodness they are not hard to acquire. As for kumquats, try pureeing them whole and adding them to a Fuzzy Navel. I 50-50 them with the orange juice.
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Chewy owes his/her mother an apology along with "Housewifes" everywhere. Maybe you should pay attention to Batali when he talks about Italian cooking. Those little "mamas" and "grandmas" he's so fond of and credits with the true Italian cooking are...housewives. Ayngelina, as soon as you can, invest is a small bottle of sherry. It really does make a difference and you'll be surprised at how many recipes you can try or enhance with just a little. Question: If you don't like Bourdain's cooking why would you buy one of his books? That would be like buying a RR cookbook and using it as a doorstop.