Readers’ requests lately are as varied as the readers themselves. They have asked for recipes for butternut squash to beets to eggnog to anisette tea, and fellow readers have stepped up with recipes.

•1/2 cup butter (1 stick) •3/4 cup granulated sugar •3 eggs •3 teaspoons anisette extract •2 cups all-purpose flour •3 teaspoons baking powder Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream butter and granulated ...

Makes two loaves or 24 small rolls. Recipe is by Teresa B. Day. 4 cups whole wheat flour 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 1 cup old-fashioned oats 1 tablespoon salt 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 ¼ cups ...

Cookies: In a large bowl, use a mixer to beat the butter and sugar together until light and creamy. Add anise extract. One at a time, add eggs, mixing and scraping the sides of the bowl after each ...

Mauro Meletti loves his distillery's ancient pot still, which, of course, is not operational any longer. About a year-and-a-half ago I gave a bottle of anisette to Francis Ford Coppola. I thought that ...

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Stir both flours, oats, salt and baking soda in large bowl to blend. 2. Whisk buttermilk, eggs, cane syrup, melted butter and anisette in a medium bowl. 3. Make a well in the ...