King Ranch Chicken

King Ranch Chicken Casserole History and Recipe

King Ranch Chicken Casserole is a favorite stick-to-your-ribs comfort food among Texans. You will find it served at many potlucks, school cafeterias, funerals, and church socials. It is considered the … Continued

Lady Baltimore Cake

Lady Baltimore Cake History and Recipe

The Lady Baltimore Cake is a Southern specialty.  A favorite wedding cake, this mountainous cake, of several layers, is a white cake topped with a boiled or “Seven Minute Frosting.” … Continued

Ladyfinger Cakes History

Ladyfinger Cakes History

  Ladyfinger Cakes Ladyfingers Cakes are oval-shaped cookies or cakes that are also known around the world as Boudoir biscuits, sponge biscuits, sponge fingers, Naples biscuits, Savoy biscuits (Savoiardi) and … Continued

Lamington Cake History and Recipe

Lamington Cake is an Australian dessert of little cubes or squares of sponge cake, dipped in chocolate, then rolled in coconut.  The word lamington means layers of beaten gold. In … Continued

Lamprey PIe

Lamprey Pie History

  What is Lamprey Pie?   It is a meat pie made from the eel-like fish known as lampreys, baked in a syrup of wine and spices, and covered with a large … Continued

Limburger Cheese

Limburger Cheese History and Recipe

You can tell you are approaching Monroe, Wisconsin, when cheese factories and dairy cows begin to appear all over the countryside.  Just veer off the highways onto Wisconsin’s back roads … Continued

Lime Margarita

Lime Margarita Recipe

These wonderful and tasty Lime Margaritas are made with fresh limes and are far superior in taste to any made from bottled lime juice or a margarita mix.   One … Continued

Linzer Torte History

Linzer Torte History

Torte is the German word for “cake.”  It is a cake that uses groundnuts as the predominant dry ingredient in place of most or sometimes all of the flour.  Although … Continued

Lobster Newberg

Lobster Newberg History and Recipe

Lobster Newberg is an American classic dish that is sure to impress everyone you serve it to.  It is a rich, creamy, saucy, and very delicious elegant entree for any … Continued

Loco Moco

Loco Moco History and Recipe

Loco Moco (loh-koo moh-koo) is Hawaii’s original homemade fast food and can be found at just about any fast food joint, roadside diner, mom and pop restaurant or lunch wagon … Continued

Low Fat Beef Stroganoff

Low Fat Beef Stroganoff Recipe

Try this delicious low fat beef stroganoff.  This is considered a comfort food in our family without all the calorie guilt. Make low fat beef stroganoff for your loved ones … Continued

Lutefisk History and Recipe

Lutefisk History and Recipe

Lutefisk It is said that about half the Norwegians who immigrated to America came in order to escape the hated lutefisk and the other half came to spread the gospel of … Continued

Madeleine Cakes History

Madeleine Cake History

  Madeleine is a French form of Magdalen (Mary Magdalen, a disciple of Jesus, is mentioned in all four gospels).     18th Century: Madeleines are always associated with the … Continued

Manhattan Clam Chowder History

  New Yorker’s insist on tomatoes in their chowder and call it Manhattan clam chowder.  Cookbook writer and chef James Beard (1903-1985) described Manhattan clam chowder as: “. . . … Continued

Maraschino Cherry History

    “Anybody that’s poured a fair share of drinks in their life would never complain about a maraschino cherry . . . it’s like getting mad at soda water.” … Continued