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Scooter's Pirate Cookbook

My mother never owned a copy of “The I Hate to Cook Book,” but that was probably because she was a Communist. Communists, at least the 1960s suburban... --snip-- “Another good gambit, when a Potluck is under discussion, is to move in fast with the dessert. You say, ‘Girls, I’ll bring my wonderful Hootenholler Whisky Cake!’ (These things must always be done with a good show of enthusiasm.) Suggesting this Whisky Cake is a shrewd move, too, because you can make it six months ago, it’s easy and very good, it’s cheap, as good cakes go, and as good cakes...

Former president George Bush's personal chef remembers the time that Barbara Bush conspired with him to try to slip a broccoli salad past his boss. As president, Bush famously proclaimed his disdain for the cruciferous vegetable, declaring that he never liked it since his mother had made him eat it as a child. So readers of Ariel De Guzman's The Bush Family Cookbook may be surprised to find a broccoli salad as one of the more than 200 favourite family recipes included in the collection. The salad, which combines broccoli with red onions, golden raisins, crumbled bacon and toasted sunflower...