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:  Mother-in-law cir. 1990’s Rasberry Crumble For all those times when your raspberry bushes are overproducing for you, or when you just have an abundance of berries. This is a simple, great crumble to make. …

Source:  Auntie Paulie (1970’s) Grilled Cheese Sandwich Well, it was a Thursday night after a day of touring around town. The usual question came up, “What’s for dinner? I’m hungry!”. Gulp, I had to come …

Source:  Me; cir. 2017 Wild (Venison) Meatball Stew I’m venturing out of my little box and trying to find nice versions of cooking venison.  As I mentioned in my previous wild post, this meat is …

Chicken Noodle Soup Aaah, what’s not to love about home-made chicken noodle soup.  This falls under the heritage, and comfort section of any recipe book, and is often related to Mom’s.  This soup is a …

Source: Adapted from Mercury News 2004 Dutch baby pancake When I found this recipe in the newspaper, I thought I’d give it a try. Eight years later, it’s still used by us-in addition, my mom …

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 …

Source:  Rochelle and Nonni’s sauce 1980’s Lasagna-Lasagne I think we can all agree, that lasagna is pretty basic. It involves layering the lasagna pasta in a deep baking dish, and putting the cheese and sauce …

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 …