Or sign-in if you have an account. Our cookbook of the week is Crumbs by Los Angeles-based food writer Ben Mims. Jump to the recipes: chocolate-glazed Polish gingerbread, flower-shaped butter ...

Cook the nuts in boiling salted water till tender, which will probably take about 1/2 hour; mash finely, add the butter and seasoning, also the crumbs which have had the scalded milk poured over them.

Cheesecakes originated in Central and Eastern Europe, where they were made with cottage or farmers’ cheese and set on a zwieback crust. The hop and skip to cream cheese and graham crackers, the food ...