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Stately Scoops: What Ice Cream Flavor Represents Your State?
As a former Cincinnatian, I miss Graters. We don't have them in NE Ohio. What seems common in most Ohio ice cream dairies like Velvet, Pierres, Reiter, Homemade Brand, Graters, mom and pop roadsides and so forth is the use of peanut butter and chocolate to imitate the buckeye candy. So, I nominate a vanilla ice cream with broken bits of buckeyes swirled through it.
The Best Pies in America: The Serious Eats Pie Honor Roll
The list would not be complete without the Key Lime Pie from the Blonde Giraffe in Key West. They have won their local contest for many years. A visit to the Florida Keys would not be complete without a piece of their pie!
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Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine
My mother was a fantastic cook. Raised during the Depression, she honed her cooking skills from her mother, a Swiss immigrant in a small mining town in Virginia. Her Swiss cooking was superior. What she excelled in was Hungarian cooking. She married my father, a first generation Hungarian American. They lived in a close-knit Hungarian neighborhood where the flavors of Hungary were reflected in their garden and kitchen. My grandmother took my mother under her wing and taught her to cook the Hungarian way. My most memorable dinner was her Chicken Paprika served over Hungarian spoon dumplings and accompanied by a simple cucumber and onion salad. The perfect ending for the meal was a slice of Dobes Torte, a rich Hungarian nut torte. This meal was reserved for special occasions. I worked in the kitchen with my mother to make sure that I could recreate these dishes. I am pretty good at preparing this meal. Of course, it pales in comparison to my mother's and grandmother's versions of these dishes.
Stately Scoops: What Ice Cream Flavor Represents Your State?
As a former Cincinnatian, I miss Graters. We don't have them in NE Ohio. What seems common in most Ohio ice cream dairies like Velvet, Pierres, Reiter, Homemade Brand, Graters, mom and pop roadsides and so forth is the use of peanut butter and chocolate to imitate the buckeye candy. So, I nominate a vanilla ice cream with broken bits of buckeyes swirled through it.
The Best Pies in America: The Serious Eats Pie Honor Roll
The list would not be complete without the Key Lime Pie from the Blonde Giraffe in Key West. They have won their local contest for many years. A visit to the Florida Keys would not be complete without a piece of their pie!
The Best Pies in America: The Serious Eats Pie Honor Roll
Add another vote for Petsi Pies. The owner, Renee, is one of the kindest individuals you will ever meet, all business aside. She just happens to make some of the finest baked goods in the area, as well. It is one of my personal joys to go to this shop and see what they have that day. My favorites are the peach blackberry pie in the summer, and the apple, pear, cranberry pie with walnut streusel topping in the fall. The menu changes with the season - I highly recommend visiting!
The Best Pies in America: The Serious Eats Pie Honor Roll
We'll vote twice for Petsi Pies in Somerville, Ma. My son & I are huge pie fans & her pies are way up there among the best we've eaten.
The Best Pies in America: The Serious Eats Pie Honor Roll
I must say I was shocked to see a list for the Southeast without Smyrna, GA listed...Kenny's Key Lime Pie?
They make all their pies fresh at their facility in Smyrna, better than any pie I've ever had in Key West. They squeeze the fruit fresh on site, make an authentic crust and freeze them directly after juicing. You can taste the difference instantly. Thanks for the southeast list, I'm ready to hit the road! Anybody with me?
Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine
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Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine
My Korean wedding banquet. OK, she had help, but I know her food and her organizational skills and so I can confidently say, she prepared this meal. And it was amazing and I will always remember it.
Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine
Mom rarely puts her heart into cooking. About twenty years ago, though, she prepared meat fondue -- that was great fun! And most memorable. Loved cooking my beef and chicken in the hot oil at the table. She also allowed all of us to make our own assortment of dipping sauces. My brother mixed grape jelly with godknowswhat. We all laughed. It's a shame we never had it again.
Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine
Her cooking and baking was so phenomenal, it's impossible to choose. She was always trying new recipes, especially from Julia and Jacques. I loved her pies and gratins.
Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine
My mother makes homemade ravioli and Italian spaghetti suace and meatballs to die for. She's Sicilian
Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine
Stuffed artichokes smothered in tomato sauce.. YUM.
Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine
Her beef and noodles are the best.
Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine
i always loved my moms beef stew
Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine
my mom made the most awesome fried chicken :)
Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine
The most memorable meal was when I was sick as a kid- it was very simple- cinnamon toast and soup. As an adult it is the best comfort food.
Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine
We always loved funnel cake from the local fairs and festivals and one year we were all too sick to attend and we were sad to miss the funnel cake. My Mom bravely attempted a funnel cake at home. It didn't look right or taste right but it was full of memories :-)
Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine
My mother still is the best cook ever! The meal she cooks that will always knock my socks off is a pork loin roast. She stuffs it with just the right amount of garlic and adds her homemade gravy. No matter what sides are there, you will always remember the roast.
Stately Scoops: What Ice Cream Flavor Represents Your State?
How about real iced cream for MN.
SB (temps still falling below zero this week!)
Stately Scoops: What Ice Cream Flavor Represents Your State?
In Hawai`i would have to be coconut or pineapple or a combination of the two.... ummmm yummie, then serve it with poi cookies.
www.ediblehawaiianislands.com
Stately Scoops: What Ice Cream Flavor Represents Your State?
I always associate Peppermint Bonbon w/Minnesota. It's what I grew up eating.
Stately Scoops: What Ice Cream Flavor Represents Your State?
Deleware would have to be peach. (but I do so miss Blue Bell Ice Cream-The Best Ice Cream in the country!)
Stately Scoops: What Ice Cream Flavor Represents Your State?
I've heard of lobster ice cream but I can't say it sounds appealing. We ((MA) are the home of Fluff though, and NECCO wafers. How about a Marshmallow Fluff with NECCO mix-ins?
The Best Pies in America: The Serious Eats Pie Honor Roll
NOOOO! Oh my god, it's not on there. The Park Cafe in Saint Mary, Montana, right outside the entrance to Glacier National Park. You have no idea what you're missing. It's almost good enough to make me move to Montana. It's one of those places where, for the rest of your life, you'll be saying "oh lord, remember that pie place? what was it called? it was soooooo good." There's a couple of OK pie places around here (Zingerman's, a branch of the Grand Traverse Pie Company, and some good stuff in Detroit) but nothing I've ever had hold a candle to this place. It's beyond comprehension.
The Best Pies in America: The Serious Eats Pie Honor Roll
Dangerously Delicious Pies in Baltimore, MD
The Best Pies in America: The Serious Eats Pie Honor Roll
Hi, Ed,
Just reading some of past entries on here and was excited to see an entry on pies. One place to add to your list should have the opportunity to visit Round Top, Texas (a small Antique-festival community about 1.5 hours from Austin): Royer's Round Top Cafe. A finer slice of strawberry-rhubarb pie I have never had. Their bacon-wrapped, shrimp-stuffed quail also leave an impression.
Hope ya enjoyed the 3D U2 movie. Was quite an effect to witness a concert video like that.
Brian
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My mother was a fantastic cook. Raised during the Depression, she honed her cooking skills from her mother, a Swiss immigrant in a small mining town in Virginia. Her Swiss cooking was superior. What she excelled in was Hungarian cooking. She married my father, a first generation Hungarian American. They lived in a close-knit Hungarian neighborhood where the flavors of Hungary were reflected in their garden and kitchen. My grandmother took my mother under her wing and taught her to cook the Hungarian way. My most memorable dinner was her Chicken Paprika served over Hungarian spoon dumplings and accompanied by a simple cucumber and onion salad. The perfect ending for the meal was a slice of Dobes Torte, a rich Hungarian nut torte. This meal was reserved for special occasions. I worked in the kitchen with my mother to make sure that I could recreate these dishes. I am pretty good at preparing this meal. Of course, it pales in comparison to my mother's and grandmother's versions of these dishes.