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LOOKING FOR Donna Missimer is looking for a recipe for Butta Kprohen, flaky Hungarian cookies. "When you bake them, they puff up with several layers of flaky dough in between. You can also put a filling in them," Donna says. Bill and Kathy Vresics of...

Pat Arata from Mishawaka, Ind., was looking for a recipe she had lost for making crispy fried salmon patties that she thought was once printed on a can of Crisco. She said the patty puffed up a little when fried, which made her think the recipe likely...

"Galletas" simply means cookies in Spanish, but these are no run-of-the-mill treats. They are fused with traditional tastes of Mexico: chocolate, cinnamon and coffee. While the cacao tree, and thus chocolate, is native to the Americas, cinnamon and...

  Time: 6 hours, plus 24 hours brining Servings: 12 (with leftovers) Note: To make gravy, remove the turkey and set the roasting pan over two burners on medium heat. Stir 2 tablespoons of flour into 2 cups of cold water; whisk into pan drippings...

Jalapeno Shrimp Popper Cupcakes Cupcakes 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup yellow cornmeal 1/4 cup sugar 2 tablespoons baking powder 2 cups buttermilk 1/2 cup pickled jalapeno pepper juice 4 tablespoons minced pickled jalapeno peppers 2...

Local homegrown strawberries will be arriving at the market soon. To celebrate, we will mark May 25 as Berry Blast Saturday. Complimentary strawberry shortcake samples will be offered to our patrons. Our local schools will be competing in a Farmers&...

There’s a Southern influence that lately has wended its way through Los Angeles restaurants, and its emblem is the biscuit. Tender, flaky, golden biscuits have risen on menus from Manhattan Beach to Melrose Avenue. Buttermilk biscuits, oat biscuits,...

LOOKING FOR Jeanne Kuehner of Allentown is looking for a recipe for begochels. This was something her German grandmother made with potatoes and they were similar to dumplings. FOUND Barbara Unger of Whitehall sent in a Jelly Sponge Roll recipe for...

It's an adage passed down by expert Nathalie Dupree in her cookbook "Southern Biscuits": "No two cooks make the same biscuit." Some swear by cream or a mix of baking powder and baking soda. Some drop their biscuits from a spoon instead of cutting them...

Olive oil pancakes Total time: 30 minutes Servings: 4 Note: To make lemon honey, combine one-fourth cup honey with one-half teaspoon lemon zest in a small saucepan. Steep the honey for several minutes over low heat and strain before using. Spanish...

Ever have a craving for biscuits? Not the hockey pucks, but those tender, lighter-than-air biscuits. The ones so delicate they have to be homemade and eaten fresh, while they're still warm. Maybe with a little tang from buttermilk, maybe a little zing...

Val DeSantis from Utica, N.Y., was looking for a recipe for a Scandinavian-style almond cake like the one she purchased some years ago at a fundraiser. She thought it was made with almond paste as well as almond extract, and she said that it's "an...