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Looking for an easy and delicious dessert to celebrate the arrival of spring? A pound cake is your answer! The name “pound cake” comes from the rather precise recipe for a cake that calls...

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One of the most well known St. Patrick’s Day foods is Irish Soda Bread, a sweet, cakelike dessert often called “Irish Bread” in the U.S. It’s made with white flour, caraway seeds, raisins...

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With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner and a parade or two to celebrate the occasion, why not dispense with the expected meal of corned beef (or bacon) and cabbage, Irish stew, or ...

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Clever cooks have always used leftover chicken and vegetables to make a savory pie, but this recipe takes it one step further and adds leftover ham as well. You can make the pie in a fami...

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The word chowder is an anglicized version of chaudière, the French word for the large iron cauldron in which fishermen used to make their soups. Similar to New England clam chowder but wi...