Where to eat on vacation: California’s Sierra Nevada
One of the pressing concerns for summer-time eats is “Where do we eat while we’re on vacation?” At least, that’s …Read More
Category Archives: remembering
Planning Food for the 4th of July
When I was growing up, some of our best parties happened on the 4th of July. We’d grill hamburgers or …Read More
Happy Mother’s Day, Mom!
We want to take this opportunity to wish our mom a very happy Mother’s Day! Mom taught both of us …Read More
One of Mom’s perfect recipes: Bran muffins
Bringing another favorite out of retirement here….these bran muffins are the PERFECT accompaniment to all the soups and chilis that …Read More
Baked oatmeal: not the porridge your grandma made!
My kids LOVE oatmeal. (Okay, I’ll also admit that one of them likes to eat it uncooked, by the handful…odd …Read More
The Medieval Lords and Ladies Feast
One of the joys of homeschooling is getting to do fun things with other homeschool families. This year my boys …Read More
Happy New Year from My Sister’s Kitchen!
As we step into the year 2009, we both want to take the time to say thank you to our …Read More
Homemade Cinnamon Rolls – cool rise sweet dough
Years and years ago, when I was ten years old, I had the exciting privilege of spending the day with …Read More
Lemon Meringue Pie, Grandma’s own legendary recipe
My Grandma had a couple of recipes that were just incredible. Most people who knew my Grandma knew her lemon …Read More
What Makes Food Taste Good?
There’s more to good-tasting food than great flavors. There’s more than fresh, quality ingredients or fabulous recipes. I need to …Read More
Vegetable Soup: the art of homemade soup
I didn’t know it as a child but I know it now: soupmaking is an art. That fairy tale about …Read More
Poor Man’s Scampi
Eating shrimp scampi is all well and good if you can afford to buy the shrimp. There were quite a …Read More
Apple Dapple Cake
This recipe comes from Grandma’s recipe box. There were more recipes in the “cakes and cookies” category than all the …Read More
Grandma’s Apple Crisp
Also from Grandma’s recipe box, written in her own hand, complete with some of her own inventive spelling. Grandma’s …Read More
Applesauce Nut Bread
When I was growing up, the favorite cookbook for both my mom and grandma was the comb-bound dark green Pine …Read More
Blueberry crumble: a family recipe
Today we went blueberry picking. Blueberry picking here in Michigan is a family tradition. My husband remembers picking blueberries as …Read More
How to Cook Fresh beets
“And what in the world are you going to do with THOSE?” the older woman was referring to the large …Read More
