Eat, Darling, Eat 

(by Starr Ridley/Black Mermaid) I relocated 658 miles away from my mom and family in Michigan more than 20 years ago. While fulfilling...

(by Stephanie Foster) frozen broccoli florets salt and pepper, to taste 2 - 3 eggs 1 – 1 1/2 c. flour canola oil Steam frozen broccoli...

(by Stephanie Foster) I don’t cook. In fact, I’d mess up making a bowl of cereal if I tried. My mother is what most would describe as a...

(by Sheila Bellen) 1 T. vegetable oil 1 large onion, chopped 1 lb. string beans, ends trimmed and cut into pieces 2 c. vegetable broth 1...

(by Sheila Bellen) Five foot two, eyes of blue, a flapper who loved to dance—that was my mom. She arrived at Ellis Island from Hungary in...

(by Carol Lippert Gray) 1 1/3 c. flour 1/4 t. salt 1 t. baking soda 3/4 t. baking powder 2/3 c. sugar 1 t. lemon or orange juice 3 oz....

(by Carol Lippert Gray) I started baking banana muffins in the late 1970s, when I bought my first Cuisinart. The recipe was at the end of...

(by Ashley Rodwell) Small-batch, old-school method: 1 c. yellow Cattail cornmeal 1/4 c. sugar 2 T. flour 1 egg, beaten Crisco for frying...

(by Ashley Rodwell) "What are you making, Mommy?" my daughter asked. "Something my whole family used to make out of love." "Is it cake?"...

(by Désirée Willmes) This is my German grandmother Maria´s recipe for a true German comfort food. When I was growing up, we called it...

(by Désirée Willmes) “Where is the basket with the food?” Mom asked when I walked into the door of our home in Andreasberg, a 400-soul...

(by Melissa L. Weber) 1 1/2 c. flour 1 c. sugar 1/3 c. cocoa 1/2 t. salt 1 t. baking soda 1 t. vanilla extract 1 t. vinegar 1/3 c....

(by Melissa L. Weber) “My teacher didn’t believe it was a real recipe.” My introduction to my grandmother’s favorite cake recipe was the...

(by Paula Marks) raw, wet chicken pieces Italian seasoned bread crumbs optional: onion powder, garlic powder, and paprika Preheat oven to...

(by Paula Marks) I’m a boomer, born in the Bronx in 1949, to a foodie mother nicknamed “Goody” and a father who would have preferred it...

(Meatballs Like Mama Makes) (Adapted from Food From My Heart) (by Zarela Martinez) This recipe calls to mind the llaves (outdoor water...

(by Zarela Martinez) My mother, Aida Gabilondo, had both a swagger and a flirtatious twinkle. The former said that she had a strong sense...

(by Evangeline Wurst) The first decade of my childhood was normal. I grew up in southern Virginia with two young parents and a little...

(by Evangeline Wurst) 1/2 c. unsalted butter 3 T. flour 1/4 c. water 1/2 c. sugar 1/2 c. brown sugar pastry for 9-in. double crust pie...

(by Frances Park) In the early years—the ’60s—my parents would drive all the way to a little grocer below street level in D.C.’s...