It's time again for St. Gregory's annual Slavic Food Festival, Bake Sale and Raffle which will be held on Saturday, November 4 at 12420 Old Gunpowder Road Spur in Beltsville from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Featured will be Eastern European foods including pirohi, holupki, halushki and kolbassi with sauerkraut. All food will be available for eat in or carry out. Our bake sale will offer Kolachi and a wide variety of homemade goodies. Admission and parking are free. For details ca

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Baking Powder Biscuits In a medium-size bowl, place 1 stick of butter (room temp) 1 1/4 cup flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon sugar 1 full teaspoon baking powder Stir with spoon (wooden is best) until all is mixed well. Now, Stir in 1/2 cup cold milk and make it into a dough Mix it well Dump it on a floured table Knead like bread dough until smooth Cover and let it rest Prepare a small pan coated with butter so the biscuits won’t stick to the pan. This is the most important

The other day I had a special lunch. In the store here at Riderwood they sell convenience items like milk, bread, snacks, etc. I picked up two items, a small can of Armour Potted Meat and V8 juice, and made lunch out of them. It struck me well that both products are exactly the same as they were 70 years ago; they look the same and taste the same as I remember. There are a couple of others just off the top of my head: Campbell’s Tomato Soup and canned chili. You may think of

My readers are growing each month; not a day does not go by without someone stopping me in a hallway telling me how they liked my recipes. Many have tried some. I got good reports on the fruitcake, cookies, and others as well. My Beltsville readers know what my background is, but maybe my readers here in Riderwood don’t. I'm a professional retail baker. I owned and ran Raulin's Bakery in Beltsville for 20 years, and my son had it for 20 years. I have a master’s certificate in

Yea, a new year’s coming. I like the old saying "if I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself when I was younger!" We had a good Christmas; all my family was over Christmas Day and brought the meal. We reserved a room here at Riderwood to hold the gang, 14 in all. It was a fun afternoon. My second oldest granddaughter, Molly, graduated from the University of Maryland last December, and the college gave her a job that pays well to start wit