Marjorie standish recipes

And also, Melt-in-Your-Mouth Blueberry Cake with Cornmeal and Lemon.

Lobster stew is easy, elegant and perfect for Christmas Eve supper or as a pre-holiday-dinner soup course. I switched from oyster stew for the holiday to lobster stew when we came to the island …

My mother claims this is the best blueberry cake recipe ever! It is from Cooking Down East by Marjorie Standish. Standish was a long-running food columnist for the Maine Sunday Telegram who spent years gathering her own favorite dishes along with the best of her readers' suggestions. 2 eggs, separated 1 cup sugar 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup shortening 1 t. vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups sifted flour 1 t. baking powder 1/3 cup milk 1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries Beat egg whites until stiff. Add about 1/4…

Cooking Down East by Marjorie Standish is a cookbook I received 34 years ago as a wedding shower gift. This cookbook not only has remained a...

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For today's link up party I decided to blog about my favorite baked good--Old-Fashioned Carrot Cake! My Mom made it every year for my birthday. She used a recipe from Marjorie Standish's Keep Cooking the Maine Way. I blogged about Mrs. Standish's cookbooks here. This is unbelievably moist. I think it's due to the fact that you separate the eggs first, whip the whites with some sugar and then fold them into the batter at the very end. The cream cheese frosting is out of this world--and so…

Unlike Betty Crocker, Marjorie Standish was a living, breathing, and trailblazing woman. Born and raised in Maine, she lived her adult years in Kennebec County, making a living and long-standing name for herself by cooking, testing, sharing, and compiling local recipes and anecdotes that spoke to un

Maine is one of the hottest culinary destinations in the country. To celebrate, Down East Books is proud to present the Best Maine Food series, a new line of cookbooks showcasing the state's great food. Kicking it off is this revamped edition of a true Maine classic. In these redesigned pages, longtime food columnist Marjorie Standish tells you how to prepare everything from finnan haddie to dilly green tomatoes to blueberry buckle.

The 1950s recipe for Melt-in-Your-Mouth Blueberry Cake still holds up today.

These easy Rhubarb Scones are a simple recipe that only require 5 ingredients and 30 minutes, for a delicious dessert or treat with the tart flavor of fresh rhubarb.