Judyrae Kruse writes regularly about food and reader recipes.
How to make steamed bread While there are undoubtedly some great go-withs for steamed brown bread, most of us connect this treat to that traditional American East Coast Saturday night supper, baked beans and steamed bread. Coddy cakes figure in there sometimes, too,... [More] December 9 The Forum: Americana custard mix, anyone? Oh, oh. There’s a monkeywrench in our machinery, as it applies specifically to Dianne Berst’s oh-so-popular recipe for easy rolls that appeared in the Nov. 23 Forum column. And it’s not the how-to that’s the problem, but one... [More] December 7 The Forum: Versatile chili easy to adjust Crockpot or kettle, without meat or with, a spooner-upper from Marysville cook Fran Brown can be adjusted exactly the way we want. [More] December 4 The Forum: 2 tasty ways to use up turkey Let’s talk turkey. No, not the gorgeous golden bird you hauled to the table on Thanksgiving. [More] December 2 The Forum: Readers share mincemeat methods There’s no doubt about it — the season for mincemeat pies is already right on top of us, yet we still have a supply of mincemeat recipes waiting for their turn in print. [More] November 30 The Forum: User-upper for holiday leftovers Here we are, the morning after the day/night before, which means Thanksgiving leftovers. And the two sentiments that always go along with that. [More] November 27 The Forum: Recipes to help ease holiday frenzy Two to try today as we pick up the pace for our great runup to Thanksgiving dinner. One’s comfy — old, reliable, tried and true. The other’s spanking new. [More] November 23 The Forum: Add elegant white fruitcake to list So many different fruitcake recipes this past holiday season — so few weeks to put them all into print — left us with a happy helping of wonderful fruitcakes to look forward to putting on our this year’s must-try list. [More] November 20