[VINTAGE MORELS] adventures with a home cook

FRUITCAKE FROM "THE LOVELY CRUM"

We've enjoyed this fruitcake in the past. It's made by a friend and baker we admire. So, in the event you're still shopping for Hanukkah or Christmas…

Dec 17, 2025

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October 2025

THREE OF MY FALL FAVORITES

Focaccia, tuna-arugula-white-bean salad with ilio nuovo, and duck-fat-fried baked potato chips~The Lovely Crumb is a woman-owned business based in…

Oct 20, 2025 • Wayne Christensen

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August 2025

CAN YOU HEAR THE TOMATOES SINGING!

Here is a chorus singing its best peak season recipes for tomatoes~Sassy's sublime sauce~Marcella Hazan's famous tomato sauce~Mark Bittman on everything…

Aug 4, 2025 • WAYNE CHRISTENSEN

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June 2025

GARDEN OF DELIGHTS

Four spectacular salads: My tuna, arugula and bean salad~My red salad~Michael Ruhlman's pork-belly Caesar salad~The Washington Post crab salad.

Jun 5, 2025 • Wayne Christensen

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March 2025

BID ADIEU TO YOUR WINTER KITCHEN

Lasagne with spinach noodles~ten-hour Blackberry Farm braised lamb neck with honeynut squash, roasted beets and goat cheese dusted with lemon zest…

Mar 9, 2025 • WAYNE CHRISTENSEN

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January 2025

DUCK FAT POTATO CHIPS

A kicky homemade treat . . . duck fat potato chips~the Fisher's potato chips of my 1950's youth~Poll: Just what is "Sex On The Beach?"

Jan 19, 2025 • WAYNE CHRISTENSEN

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November 2024

GIVING GREAT THANKS

Turkey for beginners, gravy, mashed potatoes, dressing~only turkey thighs~sweet potatoes~cranberries~lamb neck, for a change~white port from…

Nov 17, 2024 • WAYNE CHRISTENSEN

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September 2024

WHEN TOMATOES SING

Here is a chorus singing their best peak season recipes for tomatoes~Sassy's sublime tomato sauce~Marcella Hazan's famous tomato sauce~Mark Bittman on…

Sep 6, 2024 • WAYNE CHRISTENSEN

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August 2024

RATATOUILLE

Even the humblest onion is transformed into something glorious in ratatouille (rat-ta-TŌŌ-ee), a one-pot wonder, a jewel of Provençal cooking, and an…

Aug 2, 2024 • WAYNE CHRISTENSEN

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May 2024

MY HANDY-DANDY PANTRY

My "pantry" is large~It includes spring flowers, fanciful tableware & stemware~But also a grill, copper pans, my fridge-freezer~Then, of course, food…

May 14, 2024 • WAYNE CHRISTENSEN

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April 2024

WHAT'S FOR DINNER?

If you're nearing your 30's, you've thought about that 1,000 times and counting. If you're of a certain older age, you've thought about that perhaps…

Apr 4, 2024 • WAYNE CHRISTENSEN

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March 2024

AMO I'ITALIA

I do love Italy & Italian food!~now is oven time~focaccia, pizza bianca & pizza rossa~a balsamic party~garlic confit~a very good book~a great…

Mar 5, 2024 • WAYNE CHRISTENSEN

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