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Lemon Meringue Angel Food Cake recipe

Kirsch-Schnitzel (Veal Cutlets with Cherry Sauce) recipe

Baby Salmon Stuffed with Caviar recipe

The colors the fruits used in the cookies suggest those of the robes worn by the four ordres mendiants, monastic orders that originally lived on charity -- the Augustinians, Carmelites, Dominicans and Franciscans.

Can be prepared 3 days ahead.

Roasting concentrates flavors without adding fat and lends a buttery-soft texture.