From David Lebovitz and adapted from Marbled, Swirled, and Layered by Irvin Lin. You can make the caramel and store it overnight at room temperature, or for a few days in the refrigerator. According to Irvin, making caramel in the microwave requires the use of corn syrup. Make … [Read more...]
Sandies by the Sea
I found this recipe from the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board in a Charlotte Observer story about Christmas cookies in 2006, our first year in South Carolina. We made the cookies and they were delicious. Since then we have succeeded in making them just about every … [Read more...]
Peppermint-Stick Ice Cream
I adore Peppermint-Stick Ice Cream and was happy to find this recipe in The Perfect Scoop by David Lebovitz. In days of yore, every Christmas our mother would drive to the nearest Howard Johnson’s, on Route 11 in Greenville, Virginia, and buy 2 quarts of … [Read more...]
Flan
From The New York Times Magazine, December 20, 1998. Molly O'Neill's Food column "The Tamale Follies" was about a Mexican-American family in Glendale, California with a traditional Christmas menu of clams, shrimp with garlic, chicken tamales, salsa, and flan. So far … [Read more...]
Gingerbread
My mother's mother, Ligia Botts Mish, lived with our grandfather Robert Warren Howe Mish in Lexington, Virginia, at 212 Barclay Lane. From the street, the house looks much as it did back in the early 1950's when my brothers and I were often taken there on Sunday afternoons. My … [Read more...]
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