By La Cuisinière | Kitchen Musings
Grandmas swore by these home remedies. Well at least mine did! Remember the days long ago when your Grandmother (and great-grandmother) dipped into their repertoire of natural herbal cures and slapped a warm mustard pack to our congested chests when we had a cold? On more than one occasion, Dad recalled, complete with grimacing, his […]
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Chicken Soup For Colds – Does chicken soup for colds really heal what ails you when it relates to the common cold? Many aren’t so sure so the jury is still out. Even if chicken soup does not work according to grandma’s promises, it is still comfort food as well as a nutritious and delicious […]
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Fresh Versus Frozen Turkey – When it comes to the turkey, what is your preference for the Thanksgiving holiday table? I update this post every year. There were plenty of turkeys at Wegmans® today… in every imaginable size and in every price range – turkey breasts and whole birds – both fresh and frozen. It […]
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Thanksgiving 2014 – The invitation reads “Shall we all gather at Grandma’s house?” For Thanksgiving 2014, this grandma’s house was a shell’s toss away from sand and surf. It was beyond awesome to have every member of the family gather under one roof, if only for a extended weekend – from the family matriarch […]
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As it happens, stainless steel is and was a good choice in healthy cookware but when I think back to my first kitchen purchase…what comes to mind is that the decision had been made for me. The purchase of this particular set of cookware was made for the sake of convenience but even then I […]
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Vintage Cookbook Recipes: Raise your hand if you have a collection of cookbooks or recipe clippings? Do you have the vintage recipes organized in a beautiful handmade recipe binder? That’s what I thought. We all do to a certain extent. Some of us foodies perhaps more than others but every collection started with a single cookbook. […]
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Random Unknown Facts – and factlets about La Cuisinière! Why did I opt to use the word “factlets” when writing about the little known bits of information about me? According to the urban dictionary a factlet is defined as: A trivial, ephemeral fact; yet just as accurate. Not to be confused with factoid, which denotes […]
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Best Apple Varieties – There are so many apple varieties to choose from at a farmer’s market! It is not always easy to recognize which apple is perfect for pie and which one tastes best as a healthy, juicy snack. As we ease out of summer and into fall, I’ve been checking the local farmer’s […]
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Fractured Prune Doughnuts – Some people swear by Dunkin Donuts®. Others would give their left arm for Duck Donuts, but any trip to the Delaware beaches is not complete without a Fractured Prune® “doughnuts” breakfast treat. These donuts are fresh, made to order, hot out of the fryer little bits of cake-like goodness that melt […]
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Cuisinart DLC-X Plus – As of February 2016, parts for this specific food processor were already difficult to find. The limited stock of replacement parts is now completely gone. Update a.o. November 2018: This article was originally published in February of 2016 when replacement parts for the original DLC-X were still available in limited quantities but dwindling fast. […]
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Taste of Home Cooking Magazine – Which is your favorite Taste of Home® cooking magazine? Trying to duplicate the “taste of home” is the very reason I started cooking years ago when we sorely missed the flavors of familiar home-style dishes. What Others Cook ==> flavors From Local Cuisines Around the Globe Taste Of Home […]
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