I think for most Americans, this is considered a side dish that shows up on a big buffet or Thanksgiving table and it is not really considered a dessert – just one of those casserole-type dishes that have either marshmallows or streusel toppings. However, in Gma’s house, this was definitelyContinue Reading
This was one of my favorite desserts growing up and had almost let it be forgotten until I was watching the latest and perhaps last X Files series in 2018 where Scully talks about her love of “Goop-O ABC.” She and Mulder go into a Roshomon-type discussion about flawed memories.Continue Reading
I’m sliding this post in for the holidays even though it is techinically a summer tradition for most of us, but it is one of her most requested recipes and it coincides with strawberry season in Japan and Florida. Also, strawberry shortcake is THE Christmas Cake (kurisumasu keki) in JapanContinue Reading
This used to be the famed chocolate jimmies cake or “ants” cake. I dubbed it the Old Time Garage Cake because it was the first cake she made for the Hurwitz brothers who gave Gma (“Mrs. Matasakah”) the red carpet treatment at their car repair shop. Once Gma started theContinue Reading
This circa 1966 recipe comes from Eva Klein and was one of those green can specialties. It was a regular dessert item at Thanksgiving and Christmas. I am copying Eva’s recipe in her words and the context of an era of Hydrox Cookies – the original sandwich cookie before Nabisco’sContinue Reading
I wanted to add this recipe to the collection because it has a classic Gma and Gpa story to it. During my earliest days of Anglophilia, I brought home a cookbook from TIME/LIFE’s “Foods of the World” series from my school library. It was the Cooking of the British IslesContinue Reading