Eat, Darling, Eat 

(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...

(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....

(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...

(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...

(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...

(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....

(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...

(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....

(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...

(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...

(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...

(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...

(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,...

(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...

(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...

(by Deborah Brightman Farone) 1 c. butter at room temperature 2 c. sugar 2 eggs 4 c. sifted flour 2 t. baking powder 1 t. vanilla extract...

(by Deborah Brightman Farone) In our smiley-face yellow New Jersey suburb, there were the cake moms: those whose artistry was...

(by Jessica Spaulding) 6 oz. milk chocolate 4 oz. heavy cream 1 T. butter 1/8 t. salt 1/8-1/4 t. cayenne pepper (depending on desired...

(by Jessica Spaulding) My mother and father met at a health food store, and after his passing, she kept his commitment to health, meaning...

(by Jennifer Barr) 1/2 c. butter, softened 1 c. sugar 4 eggs 1 20-oz. can crushed pineapple, drained 1/8 t. cinnamon dash of nutmeg 7...