Eat, Darling, Eat 

(by ReW STaRR) (My secret is using the packaged soup mix but adding 4 or 5 extra chicken bouillon cubes while the water is boiling. Or...

(by ReW STaRR) Friends often pointed out that my house was like the movie Mermaids: Cher was the mom to Wynona Ryder and Christina Ricci,...

(by Melissa Jeanne Givey) 4 c. flour 1 c. sugar 3 t. baking powder 1 t. baking soda 1 t. salt 2 c. raisins 2 eggs (slightly beaten) 3 c....

(by Melissa Jeanne Givey) "I know you already talked to Aunt Jeanne" were the first words my mom said to me on 9/11. I'd called to let...

(by Christine Celozzi) 8 - 10 oz. Ritz crackers, crumbled 1 sweet sausage, casing removed 1 hot sausage, casing removed 8 oz. grated...

(by Christine Celozzi) My mother, my mother, my mother. She’s a complex character with multiple layers, some of which I’ve grown to...

(by Ann Dunaway) 1 3/4 sticks butter, melted (14 T.) 4 c. old-fashioned oatmeal 1 c. brown sugar 1 c. white sugar 1 t. salt 1 1/2 t....

(by Ann Dunaway) I realized that everyone wasn’t eating “shit on a shingle” for dinner when my best friend’s mother served beef stew in...

(by Joy Curtis) I was adopted at one month old and am grateful to the parents who raised me. But I always wondered about my birth mother...

(by Katherine B. Weissman) (Quantities are very approximate. Soup is forgiving.) Better Than Bouillon vegetarian broth base herbes de...

(by Katherine B. Weissman) “Beautiful soup, so rich and green, Waiting in a hot tureen!” —Lewis Carroll I was a chubby pre-teen with...

(by Shirley Beth Newbery) 4 medium-sized potatoes, diced (with or without skins) 2 T. butter, softened 2 eggs 1 chopped onion pinch of...

(by Shirley Beth Newbery) I was still a child myself when I saw my sister being born. The midwife was late, and Dad called me in to fetch...

(by Jennifer Irwin) apples (enough to fill a deep baking dish) cinnamon, to taste sugar, to taste Topping: 1 c. flour 4 oz. butter 1 c....

(by Jennifer Irwin) 8 oz. cream cheese 1/4 c. chutney 1 t. curry powder toasted almonds Blend cream cheese, chutney, and curry powder....

(by Jennifer Irwin) Everything my mother Ellie did had a certain magical quality to it, but her greatest magic happened when she...

(by Miriam Babooram) 8 oz. wholemeal flour pinch of salt 2 T. flavorless oil, such as sunflower water additional oil for cooking Mix the...

(by Miriam Babooram) 1 potato 1 onion 1 tomato 1 carrot, grated 1 red chilli, to taste 1 bay leaf pinch of turmeric pinch of salt grind...

(by Miriam Babooram) Lentil soup has always been an event in our house. There’s something rebellious and mischievous about it. We don’t...

(by Victoria Kertz) 1 head of cabbage 1 lb. “good” ground beef 1 white onion, chopped 1 c. cooked rice 1 large can of tomato soup pinch...