To get the black walnut recipe brigade going, S.S.M. shares an easy recipe for Black Walnut Cake. She explains that she found the original, from-scratch cake recipe in a cookbook published in 1948 ...

A. With no specific black walnut recipes on file to share, I reached out to Jacob Basecke, vice president of sales and marketing for Hammons Products Company (www.black-walnuts.com).

The family-run business keeps a sustainable black walnut industry alive, sourcing them from folks who sell their bounty at more than 215 hulling and buying locations across the South and Midwest.

The Bittersweet Pastry Shop in Lakeview was selected for a National Black Walnut taste test this summer. So they have been making yummy walnut-inspired recipes for their customers to taste test.

Black walnuts are going savory, too. The light piney taste makes them a great substitute for pine nuts (pignolis) in some recipes, including (below) a pesto version with pasta or a wild rice dish ...

Here's M.J.C.'s Black Walnut Cake recipe, dated 1953. "Enjoy," she advises. Black Walnut Cake 1 cup margarine 2 cups sugar 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened 3 cups of flour, sifted 3 times ...

Toast the walnuts in a small dry skillet over medium heat until they begin to brown and turn fragrant, 3 to 5 minutes. Keep stirring them to keep them from scorching. Set aside to cool.

½ cup chopped black walnuts, warmed ½ cup crumbly mountain Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled 1/3 cup robust extra-virgin olive oil 1 Tablespoon true balsamic vinegar q.b. fine sea salt and crushed ...

Black walnuts taste like no other nut (including English walnuts) but can be used in all the same ways. As with other nuts, toasting intensifies their flavor; toast in a single layer at 300 ...

Pour the filling into the pie crust. Place the pie in the oven and bake until the filling is set, 35 to 40 minutes; the pastry should be golden brown and a knife inserted in the center should come ...