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As some of you already know, the Food Network filmed a segment in the Bailey's Mills kitchen the summer of 2004. This is the Secret Life of Food, a Christmas special series, and we made fruitcake for this episode. It will have reruns for the 5th season December 2008.

The Fruit Cake was created from my experience with Don receiving fruitcake for several years from his sister Jean at Christmas. As with many recipes, it is a work in progress. Click here for our Fruit Cake recipe!

The program is not a Julia Child demonstration. It is a romp through various Christmas foods and there are many. Out of the 60 minute special, about 5 minutes is at Bailey's Mills and Reading and it goes very quickly. It was distilled down from about 2 and a half hours of raw footage. They treated us very well. Please scroll down the page to view a couple pictures of the photo shoot!

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