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Amish-style Brown Sugar Pie ****
This pie is an Easter favourite from the Amish. Everyone loves this pie and it is so easy (mixed right in the shell) that the kids will want to help -- it's fun to make, too. [More]

Anne's (no-onion) Potato Salad *****
A classic potato salad: I think adding onion to a potato salad is a travesty (ditto green pepper, scallions or chives) -- but that's another story. Meanwhile, this recipe is my most popular dish with guests, and my personal favourite comfort food. Enjoy! [More]

Anne's Apple Crumble (Apple Crisp) ****
This delicious but very simple apple crumble recipe (known as "apple crisp" in the U.S.) will serve four people. It fits right into the "comfort food" category. [More]

Anne's Apple Pie *****
So simple (and delicious), it should be illegal! A great hostess gift, by the way. [More]

Anne's homemade Chicken Soup *****
As close to a perfect soup as could be imagined, this homemade recipe results in a clear broth that serves equally well as a cure for the common cold or a base for almost any other type of soup. [More]

Anne's Peter Pan 'Poison' Green Dessert *****
A (delicious) guilty pleasure made a little less so in my new interpretation -- and one of my very favourite desserts, too. [More]

Bagged Roast Turkey ****
The classic -- but cooked for tenderness in a paper bag! [More]

Bara Brith Bread and Butter Pudding (1) ****
A traditional Welsh (and Irish) fruit bread (pudding). [More]

Basic Pie Crust *****
Please also see our pie-making success tips. [More]

Basic Pie Crust (2) *****
This one is slightly more complex, but fundamentally easy. [More]

Classic pancakes (from scratch) ****
I like to butter a cast-iron pan, wiping up excess melted butter with a paper towel, and then using the same "buttered" paper towel to re-grease the pan between pancakes. [More]

Crockpot jambalaya ****
Another easy recipe -- adjust the Tabasco to suit your family's preference. [More]

Easy, overnight pork butt (Shirley Corriher recipe) *****
Food chemist Shirley Corriher reveals the secrets to cooking a perfect roast every time: Brown sugar, soy sauce and seven hours in the oven result in the perfect pork roast. [More]

English Roast Turkey (heritage recipe) ****
A heritage recipe that begins: "Kill turkey several days before cooking. . ." [More]

Epiphany in France and Galette des Rois *
Although Epiphany is January sixth, the season begins before Christmas and stretches for a month. [More]

Flourless Chocolate cake (1) *****
This is the French version of the flourless chocolate cake, first introduced to me by my wild friend, Jill, in Paris. It seems to be something of a National Secret in France, but we have "liberated" it for you, here! [More]

Flourless Chocolate cake (2) *****
Can't digest flour? Don't like to "corrupt" the purity of chocolate? Then this cake is for you. [More]

Flourless Chocolate cake (3) *****
Slightly easier, and slightly fancier that our Flourless Chocolate cake (2), this one is a party favourite. [More]

Flourless Chocolate cake (4) (Scandinavian) *****
Almost the Scandinavian National Dish, this flourless chocolate cake is offered here with several flavouring variations. [More]

Flourless Molten Chocolate cake *****
Individual portions make this show-stopper a perfect hostess impress-the-guests dessert. [More]

Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver Stollen Recipe ****
Not overly complicated, this is a nice seasonal treat for your family, or an ideal hostess gift! [More]

Galette des Rois (en français) **** 1/2
The original recipe, en français. For the same recipe, badly translated into English, cliquez ici. [More]

Galette des Rois English version **** 1/2
Galette des Rois in ENGLISH! For the original recipe, en français cliquez ici. [More]

German-style potato pancakes (Kartoffel) *****
Kartoffel are best eaten fresh and hot, right from the street vendor in Munich or Koln or Frankfurt. [More]

Jewish-style potato pancakes (latkes) *****
Serve the traditional way, with sour cream. Applesauce is a German side to potato pancakes and is also yummy with them. [More]

Jewish-style traditional beef brisket *****
Here's an easy-to-make comfort food. Makes great leftovers, too, and is freezeable. Ideal bring-to-potluck or gift dinner. [More]

John Keyes' Foolproof Roast Turkey *****
John T.D. Keyes makes a Norman-Rockwell-perfect turkey every time. Here's his secret recipe. . . [More]

Lower Sodium Pork & Sauerkraut ****
Cover and cook in slow cooker until meat pulls apart easily. The result has a much milder sauerkraut flavour than some other recipes, but is still excellent. [More]

Making a Lattice Top Pie Crust *****
Making a lattice top is not a complicated process and is an attractive way to present a wide variety of fruit pies, savoury pies and quiches. [More]

Matzo Balls (Garber recipe) *****
Call them comfort food or just plain delicious, matzo balls in chicken broth are among the classics of Jewish cookery. This recipe makes a nice, fluffy matzo ball, just the way Bubbie used to do them. [More]

New York Times Famous Macaroni & Cheese (recipe one) *****
This recipe (and its sister, recipe 2) earned the distinction of being the most e-mailed recipe in the past month, and something like the fourth-highest ever! [More]

New York Times Famous Macaroni & Cheese (recipe two) **** 1/2
This recipe is remarkably easy, even if the ingredients are guaranteed to go directly to the blood vessels supplying your heart. This version is slightly creamier than the other one, but it's still excellent. [More]

No-sugar Chocolate cake *****
Here is the favourite chocolate birthday of my son, Kit Johnson. [More]

Pain d'Epices (traditional recipe) ****
The traditional version: Easy, but must be started some three days in advance. [More]

Pie Crust success tips *****
Sometimes the finishing touches make all the difference. [More]

Pork and Sauerkraut (Miller recipe) *****
This diet-conscious dish is also a good crock pot meal. Just add everything at once and cook for about 6 or 7 hours on low setting. [More]

Roast Turkey with Truffle Gravy (traditional) ****
A traditional recipe with the decadent twist of chopped truffles. [More]

Sour cream (Basic, 1) *
You can make sour cream or a cream cheese, depending upon your preference -- and make it thicker or thinner in consistency. [More]

Sour cream (Basic, 2) *****
You can make sour cream or a cream cheese, depending upon your preference. [More]

Spiced Peach Jam ****
Another of our favourite jam recipes. [More]

To Stuff & Roast a Turkey (traditional) ****
A heritage recipe. [More]

Turkey, French Style (Dinde à la Française) ****
A little fancier, but what can you expect of a traditional French approach to turkey? [More]

Welsh leg of lamb with tapenade and garlic ****
Try the traditional dish for March 1, the Welsh holiday of St. David's Day. [More]

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Anne's Orange-and-Chocolate dessert cake *****
Orange and chocolate are very compatible flavours. This is definitely a too-easy-to-be-true dessert. Garnish with super-thin slices of orange and curls of chocolate, if you wish. [More]

Anne's raspberry Jello dessert Cake *****
An impressive treat for guests. Surprisingly easy, low-sugar and low-fat, too. What more could you ask of a recipe? [More]

Tadich Grill's Fisherman's Sauce Bake *****
This sauce recipe is one of the oldest known Tadich Grill dishes. It dates from 1910. The Buich family gave it to Doris Muscatine in 1960 for use in her book A Cook's Tour of San Francisco, and it is reprinted here with Doris's and the Tadich's permission. [More]