• slender sourdough French bread • butter • hard-boiled eggs • long strips of pimiento pepper • marinated mushrooms • salt and pepper (optional) to taste 1. Cut thin slices from a long, slender loaf of sourdough French bread, and butter them generously. Peel some...

• slender sourdough French bread • butter • strips of green chilis (canned are fine) • Monterey Jack cheese 1. Cut medium-thin slices from a long, slender loaf of sourdough French bread and butter them. 2. Cut some long, peeled and seeded green chilis into ¼-inch...

• pressed pumpernickel bread • butter • smoked cheese • large dill pickle(s) 1. Cut square slices of pressed pumpernickel into quarters and butter them generously. Slice some good smoked cheese thinly and trim the slices to fit the small pumpernickel squares. 2. Using...

• slender sourdough bread • butter • hard-boiled eggs • salt • sprigs of fresh parsley • pickled cocktail onions 1. Cut thin slices from a sourdough baguette and butter them generously. Peel several hard-boiled eggs and slice them about ¼ inch thick. Use only the...

• slender sourdough bread, or pressed pumpernickel bread • cream cheese • cucumber • salt to taste • paprika to taste 1. Cut thin slices from a sourdough baguette, or cut slices of square pressed pumpernickel into quarters. 2. Spread each slice rather thickly with...

• pressed pumpernickel bread • butter • cucumber • hard-boiled eggs • stuffed cocktail olives 1. Cut square slices of pressed pumpernickel into quarters and butter them generously. Score a large, firm cucumber with a fork and slice it about ¼ inch thick. Put a...

• pressed pumpernickel bread • butter • tomato slices • sprigs of fresh parsley • smoked cheese slices • salt to taste 1. Cut square slices of pressed pumpernickel into quarters and butter them generously. Cut some medium-sized tomato slices in half. Put ½ a tomato...

• cream cheese • slender sourdough bread • radishes • salt to taste 1. Spread a thick layer of cream cheese on thin slices cut from a sourdough baguette. 2. Wash and trim some radishes, and slice them about ⅛ inch thick. 3. Arrange the radish slices over the cream...

• slender sourdough or French bread, or pressed pumpernickel bread • butter • small-curd cottage cheese • chopped green onions • salt and pepper to taste 1. Cut thin slices from a sourdough baguette, or cut slices of square, pressed pumpernickel into quarters. 2....

Serves 8 Filling • ½ cup milk • ¾ cup sugar • 1 Tbs. butter • 2 cups coarsely ground walnuts • ½ tsp. cinnamon • ¼ tsp. almond extract • 2 tsp. rum • ¾ cup fine dry bread crumbs • grated rind of 1 lemon Sauce • ½ cup strong coffee • 6 oz. semisweet chocolate • ½ cup...

Serves 5 to 6 • ¾ cup white flour • ½ tsp. salt • 3 eggs • 2 cups milk, scalded and cooled • 2 Tbs. butter, melted • 2 Tbs. cognac • ½ tsp. fresh-grated lemon rind • ½ tsp. nutmeg • 2 tsp. sugar • butter for the pan • 3 to 4 whole fresh lemons • sifted confectioners’...

Serves 6 • 2 cups applesauce • 12 Basic Crêpes • butter for the pan • ¼ cup sugar 1. Spread 1½ tablespoons of the applesauce over half a crêpe and fold the other side over it. Spread another tablespoon of applesauce over half the surface of the folded crêpe, and fold...