Desserts
Eliza Kennedy Smith (1889-1964) was a suffragette, a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania, and a contributor to The Suffrage Cook Book, published by the Equal Franchise Federation of Western Pennsylvania in 1915. Here, her recipe for Suffrage Angel Cake is followed by a modern explanation of the vintage cooking terms and methods, so you can recreate [...]
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Desserts
When the celebrated French chef August Escoffier invented Pêche Melba — a rich but light dessert of peaches, raspberries, and ice cream, named for the “Australian Nightingale” Nellie Melba — surely he could never have predicted how his original recipe would change over the next few years! Here are six different versions of Pêche Melba [...]
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