The Party Secret
(by Barbara Ballinger) My mother taught me almost everything I needed to know to throw a successful dinner party. Guests often filled our...
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A Model DaughterEvie Hirschhorn
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खाओ, डार्लिंग, खाने
Mangia, cara, mangia
吃，親愛的，吃
Coma, querida, coma
食べる、ダーリング、食べる
Jedz, kochanie, jedz
Mothers and Daughters
Voices Past and Present
Stories and Recipes
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Aug 2, 2017
Sleeping Late on Sundays
(by Liz Susman Karp) I used a fork to mix milk and egg together in a rimmed soup bowl, recklessly dotting the liquid with vanilla extract...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Aug 2, 2017
French Toast
(by Liz Susman Karp) 2 slices of bread, preferably challah 1 egg milk to taste vanilla extract to taste 1 T. butter Using a fork, beat...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Jul 26, 2017
Cheesecake
(by Amy Silverstein) 3 oz. butter 10 oz. graham cracker crumbs 1 lb. cream cheese, at room temperature 1 pt. sour cream 6 eggs, separated...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Jul 26, 2017
An Unexpected Gift
(by Amy Silverstein) (Sister Jodie, stepmother Beverly, and me) The kitchen that grew me up was not a warm place of happiness and love....
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Jul 19, 2017
Tuna Walnut Pâté
(by Jane Bernstein) 10 oil-cured black olives, pitted 1 T. capers 5 anchovy fillets 3 cloves garlic, peeled 2 T. Cognac 2 T. lemon juice...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Jul 19, 2017
Spaghetti Puttanesca with Clams
(by Jane Bernstein) 2 T. olive oil 1 T. finely minced garlic 1 T. finely chopped fresh basil or 1/2 t. dried 1 t. dried oregano 4 c....
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Jul 19, 2017
Proof of Pleasure
(by Jane Bernstein) (I'm the wiggly youngest one.) I think my mother loved to cook, but she never said so, and if I’d asked when she was...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Jul 12, 2017
Back of the Restaurant
(by Eva Zelig) I am the product of two cultures: that of my parents who abandoned a comfortable life to escape the rising holocaust in...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Jul 12, 2017
Shrimp Ceviche
(by Eva Zelig) 1 1/2 c. fresh orange juice 1/2 c. fresh lemon juice 1 large ripe tomato, peeled, seeded, and chopped 1 onion, finely...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Jul 5, 2017
Chicken in Wine Sauce
(by Christi Clancy) 2 T. butter 2 T. flour 1 c. dry white wine 1 T. instant chicken bouillon 1 clove garlic, minced or pressed 1/2 t....
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Jul 5, 2017
Cookmatic
(by Christi Clancy) It’s not that my mother didn’t want to prepare meals, but meal prep required time she didn’t have. She was a single...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Jul 1, 2017
Chocolate Meringues
(by Joan M. Harper) 2 egg whites 1 c. sugar pinch of salt 2 squares (2 oz.) unsweetened chocolate, melted 1 t. vanilla extract 1 c....
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Jul 1, 2017
A Recipe for Memories
(by Joan M. Harper) My mother was born just before the Great Depression in a modest home in Medford, Massachusetts. It was a happy family...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Jun 27, 2017
The Black Sheep
(by Lorraine Puz Morgan) For her 11th birthday, my granddaughter Abby asked to cook with Nona (me). This will be done. We sat down to...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Jun 26, 2017
Steak Kabobs
(by Lorraine Puz Morgan) 2 lb. sirloin steak, cut into 2-inch chunks 3 white onions, quartered) 3 bell peppers, cut into pieces 12 cherry...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Jun 23, 2017
Lentil-Tomato Soup with Hand-cut Noodles
(by Marianne Leone) Pasta 2 ½ c. of white flour (or semolina if you can get it) 3 eggs 2 T. olive oil water Flour a wooden board. Make a...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Jun 23, 2017
Mangiaprete
(by Marianne Leone) When I was seven, I worried day and night about my Italian mother’s immortal soul. Ma never went to Mass on Sundays,...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Jun 19, 2017
The Peacemaker
(by Jane Heller) Mom wasn’t a cook—she had help for that, and she had her hands full trying to mother six kids–two from her marriage to...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Jun 18, 2017
Stuffed Cabbage
(by Jane Heller) 3 1/2 lb. ground beef 1 c. Uncle Ben’s white rice salt and pepper to taste 2 large heads of cabbage 2 16-oz. cans tomato...
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