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Letter from the Editor

By Monica Kass Rogers on April 20, 2012

Hey there! Monica Kass Rogers, here, editor of Lost Recipes Found where we celebrate finding the recipes you miss most & the stories that go… more >

Dressel’s Chocolate Fudge Whipped Cream Cake

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Cake Walk

By Monica Kass Rogers on April 20, 2012

For decades, Chicago’s most beloved special-occasion cake, Dressel’s Chocolate Fudge Whipped Cream Cake had moist layers of chocolate fudge cake stacked around more than an… more >

Fritzel’s Pepper Steak

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Gone But Not Forgotten

By Monica Kass Rogers on April 20, 2012

Made with butter-sauteed beef tenderloin, green bell peppers & black peppercorn, onions and mushrooms--this recipe leaves out the tomatoes. more >

Chocolate Malted Frosting

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Sweet Somethings

By Monica Kass Rogers on April 15, 2012

Making birthday cupcakes for Charlie's ninth birthday, I didn't want to do boring buttercream on top, and, knew whipped cream frosting wouldn't hold for transport....so,… more >

Fruit-Filled Coffeecake Ring

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State Fair Fun

By Monica Kass Rogers on April 14, 2012

Lovely and light, this yeast raised coffeecake classic is filled with fruit and topped with glaze and almonds more >

Marshall Field’s Curried Chicken Salad

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Gone But Not Forgotten

By Monica Kass Rogers on April 13, 2012

Department-store tea-rooms excelled at chicken salads. Here is a special one from Marshall Field's: crunchy with apples, cashews and celery; flavored with sugar & spice… more >

Cream-Cheese-Frosted Sandwich Loaf

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Delicious Decades '50s

By Monica Kass Rogers on April 12, 2012

Earning pride of place at the center of many a '40s and '50s bridal shower or christening table, the frosted sandwich loaf was a tower… more >

Gale Gand’s Brooklyn Blackout Cake

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Cake Walk

By Monica Kass Rogers on April 12, 2012

Ebinger's was a chain of bakeries in Brooklyn renowned for the purity of its ingredients, and the deep chocolatiness of this cake. Even though the… more >

Cauliflower Crunch Salad

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Delicious Decades '30s

By Monica Kass Rogers on April 5, 2012

This 1939 crunchy cauliflower and vegetable salad marinated in scratch-made Tomato French dressing is surprisingly contemporary. more >

Evan Moses Chocolate Malted “Frosty” Ice Cream

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Delicious Decades '40s

By Monica Kass Rogers on April 2, 2012

Although pharmacist Evan "Bud" Moses kept the 1940s-launched recipe for this chocolated-malted "Frosty" ice-cream a closely-guarded secret during his lifetime in Benkelman, Nebraska, he did… more >

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Swap Shop is our new way to help you find & tell stories about the recipes you miss most. I’ve got a pile of requests from readers I’ve collected behind the scenes and will be adding those to Swap Shop–but you can add your new requests too! Please do! (One note: Before starting a new request on Swap Shop, plug in what you’re looking for in the search box at the top of this page, in case somebody’s already made that request.) See you there! –Monica Kass Rogers

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Remember the Dressel’s Chocolate Fudge Whipped Cream Cake? Here’s our very own mini-documentary on the cake, plus info LRF used to recreate a recipe for the cake with the Dressel’s family as tasting panel. Added bonus: Check out our two-part cooking demo with Chef Heidi Hedeker of Kendall College. Video editing by Sue McCosky, McCosky Film & Video.

Dressels Part 1
Dressels Part 2
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