1 tsp. ground nutmeg 1/2 tsp. ground ginger 12 oz. can evaporated milk 1 box yellow cake mix, (without pudding added), such as Duncan Hines Moist Yellow (18.25 oz.) 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts 5 oz. (10 tablespoons) of melted...

in an adult fashion with sophisticated flavors and excellent preparation (rather than the gloppy albeit well-intended tray of Duncan Hines from fifth grade) is a way to recapture a childhood treat in the guise of an adult...

is high visual style and very lacking in flavor. They seem to be using mixes as it tastes just like Duncan Hines. In Lake Forest, there is a bakery which sells a small cake for $25 and its larger cousin for $40 —- someday I...

on Regional American Cooking. I think it was published about 1947 with a foreward by Duncan Hines. It is quite fascinating to read and not bad to cook from either.

I would love to take credit for this one, but my non-domesticated girlfriend’s first attempt at making a Duncan Hines chocolate cake resulted in screwup when she, diligently following the recipe, added olive oil to the...

In Pasadena, CA, I remember we had Helms, Good Humor, Adour Farms and Alta Dena Dairy for milk, (and of course, Mr. Barz, our Fuller Brush man! since every else seems to be including them). Jurgensen’s and Hines (Heinz?...

Absolutely. Maybe because I don’t own measuring cups or spoons? I just have no patience for things that need to be entirely precise. Chocolate chip cookies are about as advanced as I get on my own...for everything else,...

, Northwest Dallas (around Royal Lane and Harry Hines) for Korean, and Richardson for Indian. SCSCR, I soooo disagree with your comment that “everything else is terrible” in Dallas. I can’t help but wonder...