With Thanksgiving approaching this month, I can’t help but think back to my childhood and all the good food our family shared over the years. Mostly, Thanksgiving dinner owed its success to my mother’s talented creativity and perseverance in the kitchen. She learned her homemaking ways from her own mother and could make a complete… Continue reading Vintage Friday: War Cake 1916 by Flossie Benton Rogers
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Vintage Friday: Boston Cream Pie
In celebration of America’s birthday, we highlight a treat from the venerable city of Boston, a key locale in American history and the hometown of my brother’s favorite baseball team, the Red Sox. The popular American dessert Boston Cream Pie is not a pie, isn’t filled with cream, and may not hail from Boston. Rather,… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Boston Cream Pie