I became a vegetarian 15 years ago but this was definitely my favorite meat recipe. As a child my grandmother cooked a specific food for each day of the week. This was my Grandma’s Friday recipe and this was my Opa’s (Grandpa’s) favorite dish and mine as well. After one of our Friday lunches my grandpa fell asleep in the chair and the leg broke we all laughed that it happened because he ate too much schnitzel. Read the recipe…
Therese’s Bread Dumplings and Jagerschnitz
May 18th, 2010Patrizia’s Farfalle con Pomodori Secchi e Basilico
May 18th, 2010My mother, Patrizia Tabbi, is a wonderful cook who made this recipe as a quick dish for lunch when the children returned from school in the early afternoon. If my mother didn’t make this pasta dish at least once every two weeks, one of the children would be sure to request it. Read the recipe…
Anjelika’s Bienenstich Cake
February 8th, 2010
This was my favorite special occasion cake when I was growing up the recipe was passed from my grandma to my mother and then to me. I remember sitting at the kitchen table for what seemed like hours while I watched my mother or grandma in their red aprons make this delicious cake. It is the cake I always ask for when I go home to visit. Read the recipe…
Malvina’s Apple Cake
December 31st, 2009
My mother, Malvina liked nothing better than having her family around her. Home cooked dishes were always plentiful when we gathered. Malvina was a good cook. But she really shined when she tackled the traditional dishes that were handed down from generation to generation. One of our very favorite desserts is an apple cake recipe that she learned from her mother, Frieda. The smells of apples, cinnamon, and sour cream dough baking still conjure memories of family from my childhood. Read the recipe…
Sylvia’s Chocolate Cake
December 5th, 2009
I have such warm, fuzzy memories of my Mom in her tiny little kitchen, in our tiny little apartment in Brooklyn. She shopped and cooked every day except Sunday when we usually had Chinese food. Her food was simple, but good and she didn’t often use written recipes, except when she baked. My brother and I would come running when she made us her delicious chocolate cake. The cake was what I think of now as a snack cake – she didn’t often put icing on it. It was our favorite.