Heritage:  My Aunty Bruna:  About 2005 Coconut Cream Pie My mom and Aunty Paulie just left (March 2013) from a 3 week visit where we did lots of talking about food, meal planning, recipe sharing, …

Source:  Switzerland; cir. For forever! Wild Pesto Sauce Wild garlic “Bärlauch” is the first sign of spring around here. This is what they call the wild garlic, or spring garlic. If you walk in the …

Source: My mother-in-law about 1990’s. Quick Fresh Fruit Jelly My mom and I have been making jellies and spreads for years now-with having a nice sizey organic orchard, we had the benefits of having bushels …

Source:  my Mother cir.  1980’s Apple Pie Of course I have big shoes to fill when I ever attempt to make my own apple pie-as of course, the outcome is being compared to my mother’s. …

Source:  Mama Joanne about 1990’s Nonni’s Italian Pizza We visited my mom for a few weeks during the fall. The central point to our visit was the food! She cooked up a storm and I …

Source:  Me;  cir. 2000’s Cinnamon Rolls Cinnamon rolls to many seem like an intimidating recipe to tackle.  I do remember making my first batch 10 years ago for someone’s birthday breakfast.  It was a big …

Source: Family Beerli;  cir. 1970’s Cheese Fondue The Swiss popularized this dish and made it a national dish in the 1930’s by the Swiss Cheese Union. In the 50’s, Fondue hit north America and by …

Source:  Swiss Farmers Cookbook  (circ.  1800’s) Obwalden Anis Birds (bread) As they say, the Swiss farm woman plays a great role in cuisine. Being that the men, and children traditionally come home for lunch promptly …