This recipe takes its name from the opening words of the “Collect”
for the First Sunday of Advent:  Stir up your power, O Lord, and come.

According to an old English tradition, the Plum Pudding served at Christmas … Read the rest

3 egg whites

1 cup powdered sugar

1 tbs cinnamon

1/2 pound ground almonds

1/4 cup gluten-free flour

1/4 cup granulated sugar

Beat egg whites stiff.  Add powdered sugar slowly. Continue to beat till it holds shape.… Read the rest

For the Roscon

2/3 cup lukewarm milk

1 tbs yeast

6 Tbs sugar

6 Tbs butter (melted and cooled or simply softened)

2 eggs

1 Tbs brandy or vanilla

1 Tbs orange flower water (optional) or cointreau/triple sec

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“I joyfully celebrate the food I am given.

May it deeply nourish everyone that I feed.”

~ San Pasqual

San Pasqual was born in Torrehermosa in the Kingdom of Aragon on May 24, 1540 on the Feast of Pentecost … Read the rest

This New Year’s Eve punch is a tradition in Austria, where the last day of the year is dedicated to Pope, St. Sylvester. According to Medieval legends, he baptized Constantine the Great, thereby bringing about the dawning not … Read the rest

Many people in Wisconsin are “getting tired of winter” this year:  the “polar vortex” has kept temperatures closer to zero this month than has been the case in recent years.  “Where’s the global warming when we need it?”

Rather … Read the rest