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Roasted tomato jam on toast | Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

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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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Slice of chess pie on a white plate with blue rim

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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 on a pan | Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

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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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Chocolate brownies cut into squares in a pan

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My Fudgy Brownie Recipe

I published this recipe February 5, 2010, to share the best brownie recipe I'd come across. I still make these today.
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Cranberry sauce in a jar

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Cranberry Sauce Obsession

I'm crazy about cranberries. When the berries arrive at my local store, I buy extra so that I can make cranberry sauce
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Slice of chess pie on a white plate with blue rim

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Try My Buttermilk Chess Pie Recipe

This is the most popular story on my original A Cook and Her Books blog. I wrote it up in April 2011, and 10 years
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Gravy in a gravy boat

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Good Gravy Recipe

This story first appeared on the original A Cook and Her Books November 24, 2010. I still use this recipe every
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Chef Jeff makes Italian beef | Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

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Chef Jeff Shares Chicago-Style Italian Beef Recipe

We live in a quiet neighborhood, with lots of trees, a nice street for walking and not much traffic. We also have some
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White chicken chili in a bowl

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Try My Favorite White Chicken Chili Recipe

I love a "dump and do" recipe, and this one is doubly good because it's a back-of-the-can recipe. Canned good recipes
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