Latkes (Potato Pancakes)
It’s just not Chanukah or Passover without Potato Latkes! This recipe is an old family favorite — served with sour cream or applesauce — they’re always a hit!
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Susan Crossley’s Awesome Apple Cake
A customer favorite from our archives!
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Madonna’s Creamy Cucumber Salad
This week’s recipe comes from my friend (and hair stylist extraordinaire), Bonnie Hundt. Her mother, Madonna, has been making this salad back in Wisconsin on their dairy farm for YEARS…
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The Barefoot Contessa’s Guacamole
I was with friends for a 4th of July Party and I was very impressed with the guacamole they served. And, guess what? It was from one of my favorite cookbooks, The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook.
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Orzo with Mushrooms, Caramelized Onions & Spinach
This week’s recipe originates from a new cookbook that just arrived at the stores: “FRESH, 350 Recipes that Celebrate the Season”. It’s delicious and seasonal…use that gorgeous spinach from your own garden!
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Chili-Rubbed Salmon with Zucchini & Sauteed Corn
Say or think what you want, but Martha has a lot of “good things” and one of them is her GREAT FAST FOOD COOKBOOK, from the kitchens of Martha Stewart Living. Everything, and I mean every recipe, is fast, easy and from what I hear from my customers, delicious.
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Moroccan Chicken Salad
This recipe originates from Jodie VonGal, one of my first friends when I moved to Pine Plains. A “free spirit” and a “do-it-all”…
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Catalan Soup of White Beans & Shrimp
This soup is from northeastern Spain and combines a number of good-tasting things that are good for you too….beans, seafood, and of course, those ever-present nutritional powerhouses — onions and garlic.
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Calling All Recipes!!
Do you have a favorite old family recipe you’d like to share? Or maybe a recipe from a cookbook that you’ve adapted or one you’ve created entirely from scratch? If you do, email it to us and if we use it on our website, we’ll give you a $25 Hammertown Gift Certificate!!
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The Very Best Roast Chicken
The ultimate of comfort foods. There is an art to the best roasted chicken, and I have done my share of research.
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I’ve Got the Rice If You’ve Got the Greens
Okay, we’ve already done one propaganda blog on the pressure cooker…so, here’s our second one. Just remember…7 minutes and your pressure cooker…and you’ve got…
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