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1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour ¼ teaspoon salt ⅓ cup shortening 4 tablespoon cold water

½ cup sugar 1 tablespoon dried lavender blossoms

To Make Ahead Prepare rolls as directed through Step 5, except do not let rise after shaping. Cover loosely with oiled waxed paper, then with plastic wrap. Chill 2 to 24 hours. Before baking, let chilled rolls stand, covered, at room temperature 30 minutes. Uncover and bake as directed. Browned Butter Frosting In a 1-qt. saucepan melt 6 tablespoons cut-up butter over low heat. Continue heating until butter turns a delicate light brown, stirring occasionally....

Plain low-fat yogurt (reserved from recipe above) ¼ cup honey 1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel Fat-free milk

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½ cup chopped onion ½ cup chopped green pepper ⅛ teaspoon ground red pepper ⅛ teaspoon chili powder 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 tablespoon olive oil, margarine, or butter 1 14.5 ounce can tomatoes, cut up 1 8 ounce can tomato sauce 1 tablespoon snipped fresh basil or 1 teaspoon dried basil crushed 1 teaspoon fennel seed, crushed (optional) ½ teaspoon sugar ¼ teaspoon pepper

2 tablespoon grated fresh ginger ¼ cup honey 2 tablespoon white wine vinegar 2 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice 1 small clove garlic, minced ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil ¼ teaspoon salt and freshly ground black pepper Quinoa Salad 1 cup water ⅔ cup uncooked quinoa ¼ teaspoon salt ½ cup whole cashews, coarsely chopped ½ cup dried apricots, sliced in thin slivers 1 cup fresh dark sweet cherries, pitted and halved, or red seedless grapes, halved ¼ cup thinly sliced red onion 1 small head butter lettuce, torn (4 cups)...

Party Prep A day or two before the party, mix a batch of pastry dough for each attendee. Form dough into disks, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate until it’s time to roll. Designate individual work spaces with chilled pastry boards, parchment paper, and measuring cups and spoons. Provide easy access to prepped filling ingredients. Get the pastry recipe. Pastry Boards Marble boards hold a chill that keeps the butter in the dough solid for a flakier pastry....

Then: Blue Cheese Squares Making the blue cheese squares only takes a few simple steps. Alexis combines softened cream cheese, mayonnaise, and lemon juice, beating it with a hand mixer until light and fluffy. Next, she stirs in the blue cheese, chopped celery (which Alexis approvingly acknowledges as “salad-y”), and salt. The final step calls for folding in whipped heavy cream and transferring the mixture to a tray and freezing until firm....

“Our porch and many other porches around town were seeing this sort of influx of generosity. After our miscarriage, our porch was overflowing,” she said. “You could look at our porch every day and see what was going on.” Lichtman’s experience is a key example of how the queer community operates. We take care of each other. We use food as a tangible way to show our care. Alley Frey, a friend of Lichtman’s in Portland, and their partner, Jodie Cavalier, were some of the muscle behind porch gifts all over the city at the beginning of the pandemic....

SUNNY&TED, named after Williams’s children, went to market with the mugs she created two years later in November 2020. Since then, the online shop has grown to include products like ornaments, plates, partyware, pillows, and more. “The inspiration just came from wanting something whimsical and beautiful and classic that represents the Black community,” Williams says. “So our mug has curly hair, eyelashes, and I went through Pantone colors to pick the three shades of brown....

It’s important that use the building paper that is recommended for your area. Many builders use standard 15-pound roofing felt. Felt labeled “ASTM 15” meets specific standards and is the norm in many areas. Felt or building paper must be applied to walls properly to be effective. Install pieces in the correct order and make cuts carefully, so any moisture can travel downward at all points without slipping under the wrap....

I’m not a professional florist, so I asked Buettner and Debra Prinzing, the producer behind Slow Flowers, an online directory of suppliers of local and domestic blooms, for help on how to create a beautiful arrangement. Because it’s Valentine’s Day, I’m featuring roses in my arrangement; they come in my favorite color (pink) and symbolize love, so they’re perfect for the holiday. But, be aware that not all roses are the same....

Best Foods for Broiling If you haven’t yet tried many broiling recipes, here are some examples to spark your imagination. Meats: Generally, meats less than 1½ inches thick, such as steaks and pork chops, are good candidates for broiling. Also, because broiling is a dry-heat method of cooking, you’ll want to use tender beef cuts or steaks, including ribeye, tenderloin, top loin, top sirloin, tri-tip (bottom sirloin), flank, porterhouse, rib, and T-bone....