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Julia M. Usher

Perfect Roast Chicken

To baste or not to baste? To stuff herbs in the cavity or under the skin? To set on a rack or a bed of aromatics? There are oh-so-many debates when it comes to roasting the perfect chicken! In her

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Nana Zurinskas’ Poultry Stock

In her November 2006 Prep School piece for Sauce magazine, Julia shared her great grandmother’s stock recipe as well as stock-making tips from several local celebrity chefs. Called Taking Stock of the Make Versus Buy Debate, this article made the

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Put All Your Eggs in These Baskets

These Easter basket cupcakes – styled by Julia for Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion in 2005 – are both cute and versatile. For a Mother’s Day or May Day version, simply replace the Jordan almond “eggs” with sugarcoated edible flowers, or ones piped

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Teacup-Cakes

These simple but elegant cupcakes were crafted by Julia in 2005 as part of the article Getting Creative with Cupcakes in Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion. Julia was asked by the magazine to re-style the recipes in a book called Cupcakes

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