I guess I completely missed the existence of these for the past 25+ years. My foodie son asked me about making onigirazu, and I had no idea what they were. I had to look them up. Lo and behold, they actually come from a Japanese manga, Cooking Papa, whose lead character invents them. For tons…
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Bar-crust Cookies
Sometime back I had made these bars, which were super-good. The crust, too, was particularly good, and when making them, I had thought about just using the crust as a basis for cookies. And that’s what these are. The crust is pretty much the same as for the bars, with 0.25 cups additional butter—two sticks…
Prosciutto Bread with Provolone
Here’s a delicious recipe from Cooks Country/Cooks Illustrated. Please note that this recipe yields two loaves. This was actually fairly quick and easy to make, but note that if you use the Italian meats in the ingredient list, you’re going to spend about $30 on meat alone. I went to our local Italian deli to…