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Curtis L. Blake and his brother S. Prestley Blake made a careful business decision when they opened an ice cream business in Springfield one hot summer evening in 1935 — a single storefront that grew into the Friendly’s ice cream and restaurant chain. Their competitors charged a dime for two scoops. The Blakes only charged a nickel. “Our customers didn’t have any money and neither did we,’’ Curtis Blake told the Springfield Republican in 2017. The line of customers stretched into the night and they made nearly $27.60 before closing — an impressive sum during the Great Depression. … [Read more...] about Friendly’s Ice Cream cofounder Curtis L. Blake dies at 102

You should know that I love mayonnaise. That I use it for egg salad and tuna salad and fake-tuna salad. But also to hack chicken schnitzel, make a chile smear for crispy eggplant sandwiches, and even bake chocolate cake. Yet, even loving mayonnaise as much as I love mayonnaise, sometimes I don’t wantmayonnaise. Sometimes I want something else. And this happens most often with potato salad.Which sounds wrong, right? Molly Yeh’s roasted potatoes with paprika mayo are literally Genius. And I’ve eaten potato-packed Spanish tortilla with garlicky mayo for breakfast more times than I can count. But potato salad is different. Potato salad is what shows up when my family is grilling hamburgers and hot dogs. Actually, potato salad is what shows up when my family is cooking anything in the summer. And on these sweaty nights, I wouldn’t mind having something a little less rich. Based on the number of no-mayo potato salads on Food52, a lot of people seem to feel the same … [Read more...] about Your new favorite potato salad, thanks to one ingredient

Almost everyone loves the idea of vegetables at summer cookouts, but do you really love those too-often-wan, flavor-challenged chunks of squash, eggplant, and bell peppers that end up languishing on your plate? In a recent Bite podcast interview, the vegetable-cookery master Abra Berens, author of the acclaimed new cookbook Ruffage, diagnosed one easily fixable part of the problem. “It seems to me that most grilled meats have a sauce on them, but we don’t treat vegetables with the same respect,” she told my colleague Maddie Oatman. Listen to the full episode here: Berens offers one ingenious solution: depositing veggies straight from the grill into a highly flavored sauce called an escabeche, where they soak up flavor as they cool (details here). Her analysis of the grilled-veggie problem made me think of my favorite grilled-food accompaniment—one that’s fast, dead simple, and can be ready to go before you ignite the charcoal. It’s a pungent … [Read more...] about An easy sauce to make grilled vegetables sing

Sue Reed, who lives in Northumberland and runs a business knitting with recycled wool, has been making her own yoghurt for years. “We’ve been trying to live sustainably and frugally for a long time. We grow our own veg, try not to use supermarkets and were eating seasonally before it all became zeitgeisty,” she says. “You could say we’re hippies in the hills, but it really is so much cheaper and tastier to make your own yoghurt.” Reed is not alone. Store chains John Lewis and Lakeland both report a rise in sales of yoghurt-making products, and online retailer EasiYo says demand is up by 26% in the past year. Reed brings fresh milk to the boil, then allows it to cool before tipping it into a plastic tub with some starter culture. She then leaves it in her airing cupboard under a woolly cover. “You don’t actually need fancy equipment,” she says, “just a bit of practice.” However, John Lewis buyer Stella Winklewska reports … [Read more...] about Culture shock for ‘big yoghurt’ as foodies switch to DIY

Big, indulgent breakfasts are one of life's greatest gifts. To inspire your morning recipes, we asked the BuzzFeed Community to name their favorite breakfasts. Here's what they said: 1. Nutella Toast With Fresh Strawberries 2. Modified Monte Cristo Sandwich 3. Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll French Toast Casserole 4. Lemon Blueberry Pancake Poppers 5. Jam and Cheese Toast 6. Poached Egg on Toast 7. Classic French Toast 8. Breakfast Hash With Chorizo and Eggs 9. Sausage, Egg and Cheese Breakfast Bagels 10. Overnight Oats With Bananas, Pears, and Honey 11. Avocado Toast With Sriracha 12. Gluten-Free Oatmeal Cookies With Raisins and Chocolate Chips 13. Bacon and Peanut Butter Sandwich 14. Oatmeal With Biscoff 15. Toast With Tomato Slices and a Fried Egg 16. Breakfast Bánh Mì 17. Egg Casserole 18. Strawberry Protein Smoothie 19. Huevos Rancheros 20. Chocolate Cake 21. COFFEE Note: This post has been … [Read more...] about 21 Indulgent Breakfast Recipes Perfect For The Weekend