I’m fortunate to live in an area with a large Asian population and have ready access to high-quality traditional Chinese food. And I occasionally like to tell myself that I’m somehow fancy or cultured because I can distinguish regional cuisines or appreciate cold, spiced jellyfish, but I also have a soft spot in my heart……
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Biscuit-topped Bulgarian Lamb Stew (adapted from Smart Shopper’s Cookbook, 1972)
Biscuit-topped Bulgarian Lamb Stew is a hearty, simply seasoned lamb stew from Loyta Wooding’s 1972 Smart Shopper’s Cookbook. As I’ve noted elsewhere, in twenty-first century terms a lamb stew doesn’t seem to fit with the strict-budget ethos of Smart Shopper’s Cookbook. Lamb consumption has dropped precipitously since the 1960s and in modern markets lamb is……
Salsa de Chícharo y Tomate (adapted from Elena’s Secrets of Mexican Cooking, 1958)
Salsa de Chícharo y Tomate is one of those recipes I went into having no idea what I was getting into. I found it in a 1958 cookbook – Elena’s Secrets of Mexican Cooking – written by Elena Zelayeta. It’s one of a dozen different recipes in a chapter devoted to salsas, and, given the……
Bisquick Taco Pie (Indiana, 1992, adapted)
Bisquick Taco Pie is a nifty little weeknight casserole from a 1992 cookbook compiled by the Hebron Indiana Order of the Eastern Star. I’m not sure whether Masonic traditions involve potlucks, but this is a brilliant old-school potluck dish. It’s a variant on a biscuit-topped shepherd’s pie, jazzed up with some Americanized Mexican flavors. In……