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Tomato soup cake

Tomato Soup Spice Cake

Based on a classic retro 1950s recipe created by the Campbell Soup Company. You can't taste the soup, just a deliciously moist and fluffy spice layer cake.

Reuben

The Reuben: New York or Omaha Born?

I'm not exactly sure when I had my first Reuben sandwich, although I believe it was at the lunch counter of a Skillern's Drug Store when I was about 17 years old. What I do know is that it was love at first bite--the nuttiness of toasted rye, the sweet and sour sauerkraut mixed with […]

Cake mix boxes

Cake Mix: Redefining Baking in America

Growing up in the mid-twentieth century, I observed first-hand a number of food innovations and convenience products that directly affected how the American housewife prepared the family meal. Arguably, the one product that brought about the biggest change was the invention of boxed cake mixes. I can remember when every pie and cake my mom […]