Gooseberry-Ginger Jam
When the warmth of ginger pairs with the tartness of gooseberries the results are a delicious jam.
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Gooseberry Pie
This is a delicious introduction to gooseberries for anyone unfamiliar with these tart summer berries.
Raspberry Cottage Cheese Ice Cream
This high-protein cottage cheese ice cream is made with whole milk (4% fat) cottage cheese, honey, fresh or frozen raspberries, and crushed graham crackers.
Baked Pork and Beans
Have a rooten, tooten good time making these delicious homemade pork and beans.
Featured Articles
The Lost World of Gooseberries
Gooseberries live in that curious category of half-memory, passed down through family stories of a past I never knew. And though gooseberries have all but vanished from most American kitchens, the memory of them lingers.
Once a Dairy Darling, Cottage Cheese Makes a Comeback
From farmhouse kitchens to 1970s diet plates, this humble, curdy concoction has long been a quiet staple of American food culture. Though it fell out of favor during the yogurt craze, its story is one of surprising resilience, and its comeback is nothing short of remarkable.
Pork ’n Beans: the more you eat, the more you….
In America, baked bean dishes, including pork and beans, are thought to have began with the indigenous Penobscot, Narragansett, and Iroquois tribes, who slow-cooked beans in clay pots buried in holes filled with hot stones.
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Hi, I’m Monte Melugin, executive chef, food writer, consultant, artist, and creator of GrubAmericana, a website designed exclusively around American born foods–their history, legends, and availability. We’ll also provide some related recipes you can easily make in your own kitchen.