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The chocolate themed cookbook from 1909, Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes, by Miss Parloa has many great recipes all revolving around chocolate products such as chocolate blocks, cocoa powder, baker’s chocolate squares, and German sweet chocolate. The book also contains Home Made Candy Recipes by Mrs. …
This Foodie Friday is all about the Barbecue. If you’re looking for a good mopping sauce, one from 1913 may inspire you to create your own. What is a mopping sauce? It is a sauce that is brushed or ‘mopped’ on the meat as it …
Think angel food cake is a recent invention? Angel food cake has been around a very long time, and the author of The American Pastry Cook, Jessup Whitehead, goes into detail about its origins way back in 1894, and makes you appreciate this gem of …
Blue food coloring came from indigo, or from Prussian Blue. Prussian blue originated in the early 1700’s, and the name is said to have come from the actual dye used to color the Prussian military uniforms. (Prussian Blue has been approved to help rid the …
Of all the food colorings that were produced, red is the most unusual for me. When I think of red food coloring I think of a red velvet cake, sweet hummingbird food, and Valentine’s day treats. I don’t think of insects. Cochineal is the red …