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CITRUS GOLDEN RING CAKE

Posted on December 20, 2022 by Crescent Dragonwagon

Citrus Golden Ring Cake I this cake lucky for New Years? Why yes: round foods represent for the cycles of the year and the roundness of a full life; yellow and orange because, they’re signifiers of wealth. But the inherent goodness of this rich, lemony cake, dense and moist, makes anyone who takes a bite…

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BRAZILIAN STYLE COLLARD GREEN SALAD

Posted on December 20, 2022 by Crescent Dragonwagon

Brazilian Style Collard Green Salad Raw collard greens? A  a few brief years ago it would have hardly been  comprehensible to most Americans,  especially Southerners.  But times have changed with the advent of kale salads. While many find the texture of kale objectionable –  its curliness, if it is not cut finely enough, can get…

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It’s your lucky day

Posted on December 19, 2022December 20, 2022 by Crescent Dragonwagon

To jump straight to the featured recipes, use these links: Spicy-Smoky East-West Black-Eyed Peas Brazilian-Style Collard Green Salad Extra-Moist Cheese-Black Pepper Cornbread Ronni’s Southern-Style Gluten-Free Cornbread Four-Citrus Pico de Gallo Golden Orange-Pecan Cake with a Citrus Glaze Otherwise, stay put on this page and join me for an exploration of easygoing New Years entertaining and…

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ANGELS, ARRIVING IN SNOW: A NON-CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS STORY

Posted on December 2, 2022December 1, 2022 by Crescent Dragonwagon

I NEVER BELIEVED IN SANTA CLAUS. NOT EVEN AS A KID, FOR REASONS I’LL MAKE CLEAR. BUT THE JURY IS STILL OUT ON ANGELS. If you want an inspirational, heartwarming story about Christmas, look elsewhere. I grew up the child of adamantly non-practicing Jews, in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, then predominantly Irish-,  Polish-, and Italian-Catholic. My…

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TIDINGS OF DISCOMFORT

Posted on November 28, 2022November 30, 2022 by Crescent Dragonwagon

Our beloved partner is no longer on earth. And now it’s the holidays. Sometimes other people, not realizing they’re doing it, ask us to dress grief up in party clothes. We may even ask it of ourselves. But we don’t have to do it. In the fall of 2004,  Richard, my friend Kay’s husband and…

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AN ABUNDANCE OF RECIPES FOR FALL

Posted on October 22, 2022 by Crescent Dragonwagon

This, harvest-time, is my favorite time of year to go to the farmer’s market and garden-stands. It’s a cornucopia! Now, harvesting technically begins in spring, when the first asparagus tips poke up boldly through the still-cold soil. And harvesting  goes wild in the summer, when cukes and zukes overwhelm us with their fecundity, when the…

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