Every so often, I think of a word or phrase I grew up hearing but never hear anymore. The latest one that came to mind was “just as lief.” Older people used to say “just as lief” all the time in the West End of…
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If you’re from the American Midwest, you know what I’m talkin’ about: an item essential to the USA’s mid-twentieth-century cooking: fluorescent orange process cheese food. Yes, Velveeta! This gummy block of unlikely color was introduced in America and Canada in 1928. It has the…
When our cousins came to visit the other day, Cousin Vicki brought and left a package of — guess what? — ALMOND WINDMILL COOKIES! I found out that these are actually called speculaas, and they’re a Dutch confection, which is appropriate for our family (Leisters…