Eat, Darling, Eat 

(by Jillian Van Hefty) (Mom wrote out this recipe not long before she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.) 1 1/2 lb. ground chuck 1 small can...

(by Jillian Van Hefty) In the mid-1960s, my mom worked in Chicago’s Drake Hotel lounge as a cigarette girl, a job that had one...

(by Silvia Luque) 10 rocoto peppers 4 t. sugar, divided 1/3 c. vegetable oil 6 T. aji panca (chile) paste 1 lb. sirloin tips, finely cut...

(by Silvia Luque) Looking back, I think my mom did not call my sisters and me into the kitchen to cook with her in order to avoid any...

(by Aimee Lee Ball) 1 lb. firm green tomatoes, sliced 1/2 inch thick salt 1/2 c. flour 1/2 c. cornmeal 2 eggs, beaten 1/2 c. vegetable...

(by Aimee Lee Ball) The summer that I was four, I was introduced to the rocky Wissahickon Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River in...

(by Katherine King) 3 1/2 lb. chicken 4 T. unsalted butter seasoned salt, to taste 2 chicken bouillon cubes 1 c. raw rice (Mom used Uncle...

(by Katherine King) The recipe I remember most from my childhood is my mother’s “Chicken and Rice and Everything Nice.” Her secret was to...

(by Souwaila Mamou) (adapted from JoCooks.com) 3/4 c. lukewarm water 2 1/4 t. active dry yeast (or 1 envelope) 1/4 c. sugar 1 egg 1/2 c....

(by Souwaila Mamou) My mom is the woman and the man of the house. She taught, and keeps teaching, me everything I know about cooking. She...

(by Bex O'Brian) More times than I can count, or for that matter conceive of, my mother nearly killed me. But this isn’t a tale of...

(by Shabnam Curtis) (Adapted from Bon Appetit) 2 T. plus 2 t. kosher salt 2 c. Basmati rice 1 t. saffron threads, finely ground 3 large...

(by Shabnam Curtis) When I went to pick up Maman so we could food-shop for my book launch party, she climbed into the car wearing her...

(by Jane Clarke) 12 oz. flour 4 oz. ground almonds 1 t. mace 1 t. ground ginger 1 lb. butter, softened 1 lb. dark brown sugar 8 eggs 8...

(by Jane Clarke) My mother said she knew, just knew I was going to be a girl, two boys before me and two boys after, fodder for a hungry...

(by Nicole Gray) 5 lb. russet potatoes, chopped into 1 1/2-inch pieces 30 oz. mayonnaise 3 oz. mustard 2 T. pickle relish, or to taste 2...

(by Nicole Gray) When I was younger, my mother and I would always drink tea with lemon and eat a snack with it, either chips or crackers....

(by Elissa Altman) The turkey burger invaded our culinary lexicon around the same time as the egg white omelet: They were thought to be...

(by Elissa Altman) My stepfather, a furrier to the stars, died suddenly on a frigid January night in 1997. Not given to excess apart from...

(by Jordan Reed) 1 green plantain 1 c. cooking oil pinch of salt pinch of pepper pinch of adobo 2 T. ketchup 2 T. mayonnaise Bring a pot...