It’s the Monday before Thanksgiving in the U.S. and you have a houseful coming. All’s calm…for now. I’ve catered many events and gatherings, and learned along the way that anything that can be done beforehand needs to be done beforehand. Here are some tips, look through, save what resonates, forget the rest! I usually have the menu…
Month: November 2025
Write down those family recipes! They really might not be paying attention while you cook.
The dishes served to us as children tend to linger in the back of one’s mind, carved there by repetition, but truly embedded with aroma and taste; it takes just a whiff to send you back in time. Sometimes it is hard to recreate a dish because taste buds and even the memories themselves change….
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What’s that lovely aroma? Certainly, it’s not cabbage braising, right?
Oh, we knew what was coming for dinner the moment we stepped through the door after school. Cabbage. Cabbage braised for an hour until all the life was let from it. Cabbage, with its distinctive aroma that lingered, and lingered. Oh the memories! Little ways around it Mother made it edible by adding a drizzle…
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Monsters under your bed? No, just some friendly winter squash.
When the seasons turn in New England, it happens all at once, and we’ve definitely got winter knocking on our door right now! While I’m still looking at green grass, most of the leaves have fallen, and today they are calling for sleet. Shivers. I just lit the fireplace, and the dogs might not get…
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Imagine my surprise! The New Vintage Kitchen featured by Word Press.
First of all, thank you Sheryl from “A Hundred Years Ago” for calling to my attention to the fact that WordPress had featured not only her lovely food site, but mine as well under their “11 Delicious Food Blog Examples” this week. Could have knocked me over with a feather! I am #11 on the…
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Let’s create a dip and make up a name! It would be unique, memorable, unless someone else beat me to it.
Would you like some edamole with your corn chips? We do it all the time, make a mash up of two dishes and rename it. Like a pizza filling stuffed quesadilla becomes a pizzadilla, or a crescent dough doughnut becomes a cronut. Sometimes we just refer to it within our family because it’s a bit…
