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Gandy Dancers and Slumps
Image courtesy of Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library Over a year ago, I wrote about Gandy Dancers. Since then, I have considered who they must have been and...
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How to have a Great Block Party
I had just met the man. He was in our store shopping. He had moved into Idaho Falls from the West Coast, Oregon if I remember correctly. I asked him how he was getting along in his predominately LDS...
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How to Make Skillet Cobblers
I love cobblers with their crusty tops and sweetened fruit. My “go to” cobbler recipe for years has been our “Mormon Peach Cobbler” recipe. Fifteen, maybe twenty years ago—actually now, it’s more like...
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How to Make the Perfect Pie—Even if You Can’t
Fillings are easy. It’s the crusts that folks struggle with. Either they’re tough or greasy or they’re just plain ugly. Let’s solve that. We’ll show you how to make them cute—with images and a video,...
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How to Make Caramel Peach Crunch Cake
We served crunch cake in our store last week, blueberry lemon and caramel peach. The crunch comes from a layer of toasted, slivered almonds on top of the cakes. The crunchy topping works for muffins...
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How to Make Great Summer Pizzas
Great pizza is in the eye of the beholder. Recently we were in the Twin Cities (Minnesota) and on a mission to find the best Margherita pizza in the cities. (I love my job!) Merri Ann found a listing...
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How to Bake a Perfect Pizza on Your Grill
It’s really easier than you might think. An oven is just a contraption that traps heat to bake food. In a good oven, heat flows readily around the food, not just the bottom. Your grill, if it has a...
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Make Breakfast Pizzas this Weekend
A while back, we served breakfast pizzas in the store. They were a hit. I heard statements like, “I’m going to make this for Sunday breakfast,” and “My family is going to love this.” So I went home...
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6 Things You Can do with Fresh Peaches
I look forward to the peach season all year. There is not anything much better than a chilled, luscious peach. While they’re in season, enjoy them every way you can. 1. Peaches and Cream (Milk) I like...
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The Great Zucchini Giveaway
Twelve years ago, when we moved into the neighborhood, I got such a kick out of squash season. Everyone was trying to give their neighbors zucchini squash. That didn’t happen back in the big city...
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How to Have Great Picnics in the Fall
With the exception of the picture of the Tetons, the landscape images were taken in Eastern Idaho by Debbie Frantzen This is our favorite time of year for a picnic. It’s not just that snow is coming;...
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The Search for the Best Chiffon Pies
This article is created with Debbie Frantzen. I love “Daddy and Daughter” projects, even when the daughter is all grown up. This time, Debbie and I spent four days researching chiffon pies. Not exactly...
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How to Make Hearty Soups that will Keep you Warm this Winter
To stay informed by receiving Meridian’s free email updates, Click Here. Winters in Idaho are “cozy.” That’s a euphemism for “cold.” But the winters in Minnesota were cozier. That’s where we lived...
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How to Bake: The Everyday Education of a Baker
I’m a baker by inclination, not trade. My mother recognized an inclination to the kitchen and got me a cookbook for my eighth birthday. Smart mother. Years later, tired of the city, we decided to move...
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How to Make Fried Apple Pies
Get a free Kitchen Library consisting of 11 e-cookbooks including an eight-chapter book, How to Bake: the Art and Science of Baking. There is also an offer for a free pie crust mix in the article....
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A Father’s Secret to Great Chocolate Chip Cookies
Note: This article was edited from A Baker’s Guide to Chocolate, a volume from The Free Kitchen Library. Click to see how to get your Free Kitchen Library with ten books. No purchase is required. My...
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How to Turn a Jug of Maple Syrup into a Bowl of Caramel Popcorn
Pancake syrup is sugar syrup made with flavors, juice, or maple. Candy popcorn is made with a sugar syrup cooked to the softball stage. Why not cook a pancake syrup to the softball stage and make...
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Three Problems with Your Baking and How to Fix Them
Plus get a FREE Kitchen Library, eleven books in all—no purchase required. Merri Ann, my sweet wife, baked cookies on Sunday for the grandkids. First she couldn’t find her prized dark baking sheet,...
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So what makes this better than pumpkin pie?
For more like this get: FREE! The Kitchen Library (with 10 free e-cookbooks plus a bonus book) FREE! Pumpkin Baking Guide We found this recipe; actually Merri Ann did, in an old cookbook decades ago....
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Recommended Pies for Thanksgiving
What You’ll Need: Tools and Tips We recommend using a pie crust mix. Give it a try; you can get a free one above. Chances are, you don’t have six pie pans to make six pies. Not to worry. If you have...
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