Hint: it includes the words 'mayonnaise' and 'burrito'.
This kind-of-vichyssoise-but-not-really was the result of my mother's legendary foresight.
Even if the recipe is not perfect, ground-breaking or even the best, family recipes just rule.
I, too, have turned out to be a mediocre cook (even when I try), the daughter of a mediocre cook, but my mother "nourished" me, and nourishes me, still, though long gone.
Feeding a family with picky eaters can be a challenge, but it doesn't mean you have to cook separate meals or subsist on mac n' cheese and chicken tenders. Try these 11 kid-friendly recipes that you'll love too!
While the politicians are trying to split us into groups based on religion, ethnicity and economics, I say go to the kitchen. Find a favorite family recipe and trace it back to your ancestral roots. Think about why your relatives made their way here.
Rosh Hashanah is the time of year that I finally relax my vice grip on summer and admit that it's really fall. Please make no mistake about it: it's b...
I have old recipes written by hand on index cards by aunts, cousins. I have recipes from my late stepmother. I have recipes sent to me years ago by a good friend from grad school then living in Italy. I have them still, stained, curled, faded ... and still in regular rotation.
Mothers of all cooking persuasions were celebrated equally at a recent potluck put on by the Food Bloggers Los Angeles group.
Here are 8 tips on keeping memories of grandparents alive for children who won't have the gift of years with them.
I'm no fan of green cupcakes or green beer. And the only green eggs I like are the Dr. Seuss kind -- in a book. I prefer my corned beef without cabbage.
Is mac & cheese the healthiest dinner choice? Of course not. Would I recommend serving it more than once a week? Probably not. But when made well, perhaps with some veggies thrown in, mac & cheese is certainly a better option than say, a Happy Meal.
Recipes are the currency by which generations of women define and distinguish themselves from other families. These sometimes-secret formulas, handed down from mother to daughter, are inscriptions of endearment, the personal stamp encrypted in each dish like DNA.
When my great-grandmother Pauline died 20 years ago, my mother requested only one item from among her possessions: her old recipe file. Not that Mom n...
Pumpkin pie has been typecast. It always plays the same role: The Thanksgiving Day Dessert. This is unfortunate because pumpkin pie has great range a...
This is not pudding the way we might think of it -- less custardy and more solid.
Who says you can't go home again? With the release of her first cookbook, Southern Living Heirloom Recipe Cookbook, writer and food stylist Marian Coo...
Comments are turned off on this entry so your responses to the right can flow into the Mother's Day slideshow. Leave your mom's best...anything...the...
