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Serves 4
Salad:
6-8 cups mizuna**
3-4 inner white stalks of celery with the leaves, thinly sliced on ...
8 medium red potatoes
¼ cup chopped fresh parsley leaves
¼ cup chopped green onion tops
1 cup ...
2 cups of small wild plums, washed, pitted, and split in two
Half a cup of brown sugar…more or ...
Adapted from Jessica Prentice’s Full Moon Feast
2 tablespoons “unsalted butter baby”
3 leeks ...
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups self-rising flour
2 cups sugar
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup Coca-Cola
1 cup butter
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 ...
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