This recipe for stuffed artichokes appeared on the menu of San Francisco’s illustrious Palace Hotel as early as 1879.
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How a Chinese-American cookbook coined the term ‘stir-fry’
The 1945 cookbook How to Cook and Eat in Chinese was a family collaboration and is remembered today for many other contributions.
The Bourbon Old Fashion
The earliest published recipe for this smokey, classic American cocktail can be traced back to 1880.
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Tunnel of Fudge Cake
This chocolatey Pillsbury Bake-Off runner-up in 1966 led to a nationwide obsession with Bundt cakes.