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Index

How This Book Came to Be Acknowledgments Features of This Cookbook

A Note from Fran

How This Cookbook Works

Recipes Ingredients Equipment

Staples

Glossary Bread Crumbs and Croutons Crumbs for Dessert Crusts Broths for Soups and Flavoring Beef and Other Meat Stocks (N)(LC) Cream Soup as an Ingredient Garlic (N)(LC) Onions, Celery, and Sweet Peppers (N)(LC) Individually Quick Frozen Foods (IQF)

Italian Cooking

Glossary Nonna’s Story Four Essentials of Italian Cooking Basic Equipment for the Italian Kitchen Fresh Egg Pasta Basic Fresh Egg Pasta Dough (N)(LC)* Basic Tomato Sauce for Spaghetti and Other Pastas (N)(LC) Italian Meatballs (N) Fettuccine Alfredo Stuffed, Filled, or Layered Pastas Basic Ravioli (N) Tortellini (N) Cannelloni (N) Béchamel Sauce Lasagna (N) Vegetarian Lasagna My Antonia Vegetarian Lasagna (N) Italian Cabbage Rolls Gnocchi (knee-o-key) (N)(LC) Quick Gnocchi (N) Polenta (N) Italian Chicken Lemon Parsley Chicken Chicken Cacciatore Rice (Risotto) Giblet Risotto (N) Risotto à la Milanese (N) Italian Sausage Pesto Sauces Grustoli

Appetizers

Glossary Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Platters Fresh Strawberry Tray (N)(LC) Caramel Dip Lemon Fruit Dip (N) Vegetable Tray (N)(LC) Basic Cocktail Meatballs (N) Cocktail Sausages Dried Beef Dip Cocktail Sandwiches Shrimp Cocktail and Smoked Salmon Smoked Salmon Fillet

Beverages

Glossary History of Coffee Brewing Coffee Café Au Lait (French for “coffee with milk”) Egg Coffee Flavored Coffees Instant Coffee Mixes Tea Chocolate Hot Chocolate (N) Chocolate Syrup (N) Fountain Drinks Egg Nog (N) Cappuccino Egg Nog Jackie’s Slush Punch All-Natural Slush Punch (N)(LC)

Breads

Glossary Breads Basic White Bread (N)(LC) Cloverleaf Rolls Crescent Rolls Garlic Bread* Potato Rolls (N) Sweet Rolls (Cinnamon) Sticky Buns Cinnamon Knots (N) Danish Rolls (N) Hot Cross Buns (Easter Rolls) (N) Sugar Plum Ring My Mother’s Italian Sweet Bread (N)(LC)

Quick Breads

Apricot Bread (N)(LC) Banana Nut Bread (N)(LC) Banana Bread (Low Fat) (N)(LC) Cranberry-Orange Bread (N)

Cakes & Frostings

Glossary Cakes Angel-Food Cake (N)(LC) Candy Angel-Food Cake (LC) German Chocolate Cake (N) Raw Apple Cake (N)(LC) Carrot Cake (N) Beet Cake (N) Frostings Butter Frosting Confectioners’ Icing (N) Caramel Butter Frosting (N) Coconut Pecan Frosting Stabilized Whipped Cream :

Candies

Glossary Candies Coconut Candy (N) Vanilla Caramels (N) Peanut Butter Balls (N) Tootsie Roll-Like Candy (N) Toffee Crunch (N) Microwave Peanut Brittle (N)

Glossary Cookies Types of Cookies Sugar Cookies (N) Rolled Sugar Cookies Powdered Sugar Icing (N)(LC) Oatmeal Coconut Cookies (N) Snickerdoodle Cookies (N)(LC) Peanut Butter Blossoms (Leslie’s Christmas Cookie) (N)(LC) Tony Schaffer’s No-Bake Cookies (N)(LC) Centura Peanut Butter Cookies Blonde Brownies (N) Ginger Cookies (N) Nida’s Best-Ever Brownies :

Desserts

Glossary Apple Crisp (N) Cheesecake Classic Cheesecake (N) Cappuccino Cheesecake Almond Lover’s Cheesecake (N) Chocolate Almond Torte : Gelato (Ice Cream and Sorbet) Classic Vanilla Ice Cream (N) Quick Sorbet (LC) Canned Fruit Sorbet Italian Creamy Gelato (LC) Cream Puffs (N) Chantilly (N)(LC)

Eggs

Glossary Know Your Eggs Egg Casseroles Broccoli Egg Casserole Itsa Italian Egg Casserole

Meats & Poultry

Glossary Good Gravy! Prime Rib Pot Roast (N) Beef Stroganoff (N) Oven-Broiled Steaks (N) Baked Ham Ribs and Sauerkraut (N) Barbecued Ribs (N) Pork Chops and Red Potatoes (N) Roast Chicken (N)(LC) Classic Fried Chicken (N) Party Chicken Roast Turkey

Pies

Glossary Grandma Calhoun Pastry for a Two-Crust Pie Apple Pie History Sour Cream Raisin Pie (N) Cherry Lattice Pie (N) Raspberry Pie Apple Crumb Pie (N) Cream Pies or Puddings Basic Vanilla Cream Filling for Pies and Puddings Meringue

Salads

Glossary The Proper Way to Make and Dress an Italian Salad (N)(LC) Italian Salad Tortellini Salad (N) Italian Asparagus Salad (N)(LC) Potato Salads Hot German Potato Salad Broccoli Salad Chinese Cabbage Salad (N) Coleslaw (N) Creamy Dill Cucumbers (N)(LC) Tropical Chicken Salad (N)(LC) Black Bean Salad (N)(LC) Salad Dressings Blue Cheese Dressing Poppy Seed Dressing Raspberry Vinaigrette Thousand Island Dressing

Soups

Glossary Soup Soups from Broths Ham and Bean Soup, Crock-Pot Style Beef and Barley Soup Milk Noodles (N) Potato Soup (N) Stay-at-Home Mom’s Crock-Pot Soup Crock-Pot Chili (N) Millenium White Chili Soup (N)(LC) New England Clam Chowder (N) Chicken Wild Rice Soup

Vegetables

Glossary Cauliflower with Browned Butter (N) Potatoes Real Mashed Potatoes Nonna’s Italian-Style Potatoes Scalloped Potatoes Sesame Potatoes Italian Green Beans Sweet Potatoes and Yams Candied Sweet Potatoes or Yams Baked Sweet Potatoes or Yams

Do You Know?

Glossary Marshmallows (N)(LC) Almond Paste (N)(LC) Butter (N) Gelatin (N)(LC) Crackers

Soda Crackers (N)(LC)

Graham Crackers (N)(LC) ‘Wheat Thin’ Crackers (N)

Appendix & Bibliography

Appendix Bibliography