Eat, Darling, Eat 

(by Bonnie Lee Black) (My brother behind me, with younger sister and pregnant Mom) When my youngest sister started school and my mother...

(by Bonnie Lee Black) 11/2 lb. ground beef 1/2 c. bread crumbs 1 large egg 1/2 t. salt, or to taste 1/4 t. black pepper 1/2 c. uncooked...

(by Julie Tsolka) 1 1/2 lb. boneless skinless chicken, cut in small cubes salt and pepper to taste cornmeal 6 T. sesame oil 3 T. soy...

(by Julie Tsolka) There is no place like the kitchen in a Greek home. Food is a big deal to us, and attention must be paid. It’s a reason...

(by Penelope Rowlands) 1 3⁄4 c. flour 8 T. unsalted butter, plus additional 1 T. cut into small pieces 1 t. salt, divided 3 eggs 3⁄4 c....

(by Penelope Rowlands) Quiche. The word, with its one, squishy syllable, seemed baffling to us. We must have first heard it in our...

(by Anne Blasberg) The coastal breeze caresses the large leaves of kale, and golden rays of sun shine brightly on the fiery cherry...

(by Helene Henderson) (Originally published in The Swedish Table by Helene Henderson) Dough: 1 t. sugar 1/4 c. warm water 1 package dry...

(by Helene Henderson) My mother was a blond, blue-eyed traditional Swedish beauty. I was her very opposite genetic offspring: tall,...

(by Pam Koner) My earliest memory is the smell of garlic mingled with dishwashing soap on soft hands holding me in the kitchen, sitting...

(by Pam Koner) 1 T. kosher salt 1 t. freshly ground pepper 1 t. ground coriander 5 - 6 lb. Long Island duck, giblets and excess fat...

(by Thea Habjanic) 3 eggs 1 c. milk 1/3 c. seltzer or club soda 1 c. flour 1/2 t. salt 1 T. sugar Whisk the eggs and milk together in a...

(by Thea Habjanic) Just a salad and pancakes. Or palačinke as they were called in Slovene. That was our go-to dinner, my mom and I, when...

(by Anie Hart) 1 1/2 c. flour 4 T. sugar 1 1/2 t. baking powder 1 t. vanilla extract 1 t. cardamom scant 2 1/2 c. milk 3 1/2 oz. butter,...

(by Anie Hart) I’ve always had a rather distant relationship to food, perhaps because I never learned anything about nutrition as a...

(by Natalka Burian) (My grandmother always served these with gravy and knedle, an enormous, loaf-of-bread sized, simultaneously boiled...

(by Natalka Burian) (me, Bapcha Dorosz, and Mom) My mother is an intrepid and fascinating woman in nearly every area of her life, but not...

(by Bri and Aleya Howington) 1 lb. chicken thighs salt and pepper to taste 1 lb. ground beef onion powder to taste garlic salt to taste 2...

(by Bri and Aleya Howington) Our grandmother grew up in the Philippines before marrying and moving to the United States with our mother....

(by Neema Avashia) 2 large mangoes, grated 1 big pinch saffron threads 4 c. sugar 5 or 6 cloves small piece of cinnamon bark 1/2 t....