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vinaigrette, 138

vinegar sauce, for barbecue, 85–86

Worcestershire sauce, 166

cones, ice cream, buying, 275–76

cookies

chocolate chip, Isabel’s, 262–63

fig bars, 264–65

honey graham crackers, 162–63

Oreos, 266–67

Cooking by Hand (Bertolli), 177

Cooking of Scandinavia (Brown), 64

Cook’s Illustrated, 267

corn

caramel, 122–23

popcorn, 121–22

cornbread, 30–31

corn dogs, homemade, 116

cornmeal

cornbread, 30–31

corn dogs, homemade, 116

corn tortillas, 147–48

crackers

Cheez-Its, 247–49

honey graham, 162–63

melba toast, 247

store-bought, 246–47

The Craft of Baking (De Masco), 162

cranberry sauce, buying, 221–22

cream

clotted, homemade, 69–70

whipped, 226

cream cheese, homemade, 20–21

crème brûlée, 90–91

crème fraîche, homemade, 93

croissants

chestnut, 62

chocolate (pains au chocolat), 62–63

homemade, 59–62

croutons, 137–38

crystallized ginger, buying, 276

cucumbers

cucumbers

dill pickles, 185

sweet-hot pickle relish, 241–42

Cunningham, Marion, 53

curd, lemon, 49–50

cured meats

apple-sage breakfast sausage, 186

bacon, 174–75

baked beans, 169–70

beef jerky, 164–65

Canadian bacon, 170–71

duck prosciutto, 177–78

food safety and, 164

hot dogs, 187–89

(lamb) pastrami, 182–83

pancetta, 176–77

pastrami, about, 180–81

pork prosciutto, 178–80

pork prosciutto, about, 177

salt pork, 167–68

cured salmon, homemade, 22–23

curry leaf plants, buying, 255–56

Danishes, 63–67

Danko, Gary, 177

David, Elizabeth, 57

Davidson, Alan, 180

De Masco, Karen, 162

desserts

angel pie, 258

birthday cake, 276–78

butterscotch pudding, 267–68

chocolate pudding, 269

chocolate sauce, 275

crème brûlée, 90–91

crystallized ginger, 276

espresso and mascarpone semifreddo, 199–201

fig bars, 264–65

flourless chocolate cake, 92–93

grape ambrosia sorbet, 272–73

honey graham crackers, 162–63

ice cream cones, 275–76

Isabel’s chocolate chip cookies, 262–63

leftover biscuits: biscuit pudding, 76

marshmallow creme, 274

Napoleons, 94–95

Oreos, 266–67

pink grapefruit sorbet, 271

pound cake, 259–60

pumpkin pie, 224–25

rice pudding, 267

simplest buttercream, 280

Skippy’s apricot cake, 282–83

vanilla ice cream, 270–71

vanilla pudding, 269

white mountain frosting, 279

dill pickles, 1

dinner

berry vinegar, 139–40

burgers, 140–41

croutons, 137–38

flour tortillas, 146–47

kimchi, 148–49

marinara sauce, 145–46

pasta, 141–43

pesto, 143–44

quesadillas, 146

roasted chicken, 133–36

salad, 136–38

vadouvan mac ’n’ cheese, 253–55

vinaigrette, 138

dips and spreads

almond butter, 16

clotted cream, 69–70

cream cheese, 20–21

guacamole, 80

hot sauce, 81

hummus, 28–29

lemon curd, 49–50

mayonnaise, 39–40

milk mayonnaise, 40–41

Nutella, 31–33

onion dip, 114

salsa, 82

tahini, 30

donuts, glazed, 124–26

drinks

bitters for, 231–32

cocoa, 59

coffee liqueur, 236

eggnog, 41–42

ginger ale, 229

lemonade, 227–28

maraschino cherries for, 232–34

margaritas, 230–31

simple syrup for, 228

vermouth, 234–36

Dr Pepper barbecue sauce, 86–87

duck(s)

egg ravioli, 194–95

prosciutto, 177–78

raising your own, 191–93

dumpling wrappers, 100–101

E. coli, 140, 164

eggnog, 41–42

eggnog French toast, 42

eggs

backyard, flavor of, 38–39

Benedict, 55–56

duck, ravioli, 194–95

eggnog, 41–42

eggnog French toast, 42

mayonnaise, 39–40

raising chickens for, 34–39

raising ducks for, 191–93

salmonella risks and, 39, 40

The Egg and I (MacDonald), 237

Emery, Carla, 104

The Encyclopedia of Country Living (Emery), 104

English muffins

history of, 57

homemade, 56–57

entertaining. See Having People Over

espresso and mascarpone