Since we had two Thanksgiving celebration’s this year, I had 2 different menu options.  I’m not sure why so much fear has been instilled in us upon cooking a turkey, but I think it’s important …

  Just wanted to wish my vintage guy, a Happy Birthday.  His special birthday request for his 52nd Birthday was his father’s “Pasta alla Guido” recipe. Today,  I had plenty of time to actually take …

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:  Opa Guido; cir. 1970’s Ground meat and elbow pasta It’s funny how you form associations with food to people.  This is definitely the case with this recipe.  It was first made by my father-in-law, …

Source:  Great-great Oma Pohl; cir. 1940’s Crumble cake My mother-in-law has made this cake for us as long as I can remember. I talked with her about the recipe and the origins, and she said …

My original biscotti recipe, a recipe passed down in my family now 4 generations,  is a recipe which didn’t require tweaking, however, I was feeling a bit creative today.  I decided to make a modern …

Mother’s tomato sauce (cir. 1970’s) Tomato Sauce “How can something so simple, go so wrong”, I’ve often thought when eating a pasta dish at a restaurant. I think, either you know and understand the proper …

Source:  Giovanni Cir. 1970’s (Giovanni had his own Pizza ristorante in San Jose, CA) Pizza a la Giovanni I met Giovanni in 2009 at the organic vegetable stand that we frequent on Saturday’s. He was …

Source:  Beerli Family,  cir. 1970’s. Marble Bunt Cake We’ve been married for close to 25 years, and my dude brought to our marriage minimal kitchen talents. However, he did bring along an amazing cook book …