Walnuts, in my opinion, are the undersung heroes of the baking nut family. They lack the Euro-flair of hazelnuts, the blue-blood pedigree “pe-cahns,” the visual drama of pistachios, or the sheer sexiness of those pricey little pignolias. But walnuts have their charms, and it’s a short-sighted baker who fails to recognize them.
The Latin word for “
walnut” is Juglans, which comes from Jupitar glans, which means something like “Jupiter’s acorn” ~ a e (...)
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