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 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
I will leave the varied opinions about stuffing versus dressing and what breads to use to the experts and just share with you what I know about her wonderful, squishy “in-the-bird” stuffing that was my favorite part of Thanksgiving. I could have eaten nothing else at the meal and wouldContinue Reading
A favorite recipe of hers year round, I included it as it’s actually a Food and Wine recipe designed for a Hanukkah dinner. If you can’t abide by the Lipton’s onion soup part you can create your own “organic” or MSG-free version like the one listed at the end ofContinue Reading