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Banana cake | Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Banana cake | Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Food

Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Snack Cake Recipe

This title includes everything but the kitchen sink, right? Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Snack Cake. Every word is important, and goodness, is this a good one. Bananas are the fruit of good
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Food

How to Oven Dry (or Semi-Dry) Tomatoes

Dried tomatoes are an easy way to add a shot of intense sweetness and color to a dish. You can buy them, of course, but
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Food

Tomato Salad & Vinaigrette Recipe

I discovered a fresh tomato salad recipe in the unlikeliest place, a beloved out-of-print magazine. Remember Everyday
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Food Writing

Tomato Gravy & Biscuits Story + Recipe

This recipe just makes me smile due to all the goodness it's brought to me. I first wrote about Tomato Gravy in
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Food

Tomato Jam with Warm Indian Spices Recipe

Tomato jam is one of my go-to methods for using up the bounty of late summer tomatoes. This year, I experimented with my
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Food

Roasted Tomato Jam Recipe

Let’s face it, the vaunted, bally-hooed tomato sandwich is basically a one-off. Sure, it’s a ritual that gets the
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Food

Buttermilk Chess Pie Recipe on Food 52

In late 2020, the good folks at Food52 asked me to update my headnote to the Buttermilk Chess pie recipe. I added an
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Roasted vegetables in a bowl with a sprig of basil

Food

Briami: Greek Roasted Vegetables

Here's a delicious roasted vegetable recipe from the original A Cook and Her Books on blogspot (revived in the Salon
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Food Garden

Tips for Growing Tomatoes

It’s hard to imagine summer without homegrown tomatoes. Even if you don’t actually grow the luscious fruit in your own
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Purple chive blossom in the herb garden

Food Garden

Grow These Easy Herbs in Your Summer Garden

Herbs are the gateway plants to gardening.  There's no better time to get started
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