It's been a mission every Christmas. Ted Bauer of North Canton has been trying to find a nut roll as good as the ones he used to buy at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church on Clark Avenue SW. "There were ...

Dough: In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar and salt. Cut margarine into mixture until completely incorporated. Add egg yolks, evaporated milk, fermented yeast, lemon juice and vanilla. Stir with spoon.

It happens in Milford, Conn., and in Madrid, and tonight, it will happen in Jane Rothrock's Glen Allen kitchen, as she opens a bottle of wine and hooks up a vintage nut grinder to her granite island.