The earliest mention of a cookie sale found to date was that of the Mistletoe Troop in Muskogee, Okla., which baked cookies and sold them in its high school cafeteria as a service project in December 1917. In 1934, Girl Scout Cookies went commercial when Girl Scouts of Greater Philadelphia Council became the first council to sell commercially baked cookies in the city's gas and electric company windows. By 1937, more than 125 councils nationwide held cookie sales, beginning an American tradition that taught girls leadership and valuable life skills.
Have you seen the e-mail circulating about the danger of outdated cake mixes?
In these days of the salmonella egg scare, you can still safely enjoy scrambled eggs in this recipe.
This is one of the hottest of chili peppers, now being harvested in our gardens.
Martha Stewart, take note. Deryl and Margaret Schertz have been growing and canning their own vegetables for 63 years. They "put up" (that's canning-speak) more than 400 jars - pints and quarts - every year.
I've recently decided to assemble a list of my favorites. I'd be remiss if I did not share that list with my readers.
SJ-R staff tests Reese’s peanut-butter flavored Whoppers.
I once worked for woman who couldn’t bear the mention of French toast. Having grown up on a farm during the Great Depression, she explained, bread, milk and eggs were always available. So when the cupboard was bare, French toast might be on the menu for breakfast, lunch or dinner — sometimes all of the above.
Arnold Feliciano remembers fondly his days as a strolling troubadour, walking through restaurants singing love songs to couples over food. Now he is skipping the middle man: Feliciano starts his mornings by singing to a pumpkin. And the pumpkin clearly loves it: It is 3 feet tall and growing every day.
Mrs. Marty Kline had this habit. Anybody coming to her door on a hot summer afternoon was invited for a “cool one” on her porch. Those expecting a beer or cocktail were disappointed — at first. Mrs. Marty invented her own Summer Slush, or perfected it from a magazine recipe. Anyway, her filling but cooling concoction gained her fame in her neighborhood in the 1930s.
Your mother’s stuffed-pepper recipe can be the groundwork for a tour of cuisines.
This is not part of the fuzzy series of cocktails. It’s the winter melon, almost as popular as watermelon in Asian cuisines. Its medium green skin is covered with a hairlike fuzz, which must be peeled. Underneath is a mildly flavored flesh that takes on the flavor of whatever it’s cooked with. You’ll find them in Chinese soups and stir fries.
Looking for an easy, cool dessert? Dress up a store-bought pound cake.
Think your morning cup of coffee is too small to make a difference? Most Americans (56 percent) drink coffee every day, according to the National Coffee Association of USA. This volume is what makes coffee beans the world’s most-traded commodity after petroleum. It’s not difficult to green your daily jolt of caffeine, whether you brew your own or hit up your neighborhood coffee shop.
Shown are (left to right): Mike Courtney, employee; Jeannie Rickards, employee; Susan Fluharty, Lazy Susan’s owner; Frank Shade; Missie Murphy, manager; and Linda Wildason, bartender.
Learn what foods can trigger an attack in those who suffer from food allergies.
We present the top three winning recipes in the Calling All Chocolates contest from the 2010 Illinois State Fair.
The culinary competitions at the Illinois State Fair yield a treasure-trove of recipes. This year's fair was no exception. Here are a number of winning frecipes from the 2010 fair.
Food fans lamented the demise of Gourmet magazine, the first food periodical. It died Oct. 5, 2009, but the cookbook, “The Best of Gourmet: The World at Your Table,” preserves some of the magazine’s favorite recipes.
Driving 1,000 miles through parts of New Mexico gave me a taste of travel that began — and ended with chili. Green or red? That’s the question asked by many restaurant servers. I opted to taste them both.
