Chocolate Ice Cream Cake aka Midcentury Modern food fun

The name of this recipe is so misleading- I expected for it to be an “ice cream cake”, not a chocolate cake with ice cream. This recipe can be tailored to your needs so easily. Want regular chocolate cake? Buy that mix. Need to go gluten-free? There is a mix for that. You can even … Read more

40-Minute Cheesecake using Cottage Cheese (No Instant Pot required!)

I have to admit something- despite owning two Instant Pots I have never made Instant Pot Cheesecake. Now this vintage recipe does not use a pressure cooker but it also does not use Cream Cheese- instead, it uses cottage cheese and evaporated milk. I’m actually tempted to make this but with Lent starting tomorrow and … Read more

EXCELLENT WARSAW PĄCZKI Wyborne Warszawskie Pączki

Fat Thursday is a traditional Christian feast marking the last Thursday before Lent and is associated with the celebration of Carnival. Because Lent is a time of fasting, the days leading up to Ash Wednesday provide the last opportunity for feasting (including simply eating forbidden items) until Easter. Traditionally it is a day dedicated to eating, when people meet in their homes or … Read more

Creamed Cabbage Soup with Kolbasz (Kaposzta Leves Fustolt Kobassza)

Favorite American and Hungarian recipes

I was tempted to write a long story about how when my great-great-grandmother was a girl she smuggled this Creamed Cabbage Soup with Kolbasz (Kaposzta Leves Fustolt Kobassza) recipe out of Hungary by sewing a copy of this in the hem of her skirt. That didn’t happen. For one thing, my grandmothers were variations of … Read more

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