Hallongrotta is the name of a common Swedish cookie. The name actually means “raspberry cave” in Swedish. In the United States they are known as thumb print cookies. It is an easily baked molded cookie, traditionally flavored with vanilla. The depressions are usually filled with raspberry jam. However, thumbprint cookies can be made — and […]

The creation of chocolate chip cookies was a complete accident. Ruth Wakefield was all out of baker’s chocolate, so she used a semisweet chocolate bar instead. Wakefield worked as a dietitian at a tourist lodge in Whitman, Massachusetts called the Toll House Inn. One day while making cookies, she realized she was out of an […]

The vitamin- and nutrient-packed sweet potato or kumara is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots are a root vegetable. The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens. Sweet potatoes can be used to make fries, soups, quesadillas, and even smoothies. Number of servings: 2, […]

Cornbread is a cornerstone of the cuisine of the Southern United States. Cornmeal is produced by grinding dry raw corn grains. Cornbread is a great recipe to track through the past few centuries because it was so prolific a crop in America that it was consumed across class, race, and regional lines. We all have […]