Sautéed Zucchini I think my Mother started making this dish, in Delano, where she grew zucchini, longer than your arm, and twice as big around. It is simple, but delicious and makes a welcomed side dish to almost any meal, or a main course, when served with rice or angel hair pasta...
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Marinara Is your garden producing a bumper crop of tomatoes, peppers, onions and herbs? Or have you been lured by inviting farm stands, buying more zucchini, mushrooms, and garlic than you can imagine using before they spoil? Do not fret, make marinara sauce! This is my work horse sauce. I make it...
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Sauces from the Seventies These recipes appeared in Better Homes and Gardens, in June of 1974, and someone saved them, so that I could share them with you! I really do not know any contemporary cooks, who make such sauces, but it might be fun to try an Avocado Mushroom Velvet, though canned...
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Skyline Chili I first encountered Skyline Chili in Florida, not Cincinnati, Ohio, from which it hails; it took a good long while to be motivated sufficiently to try spaghetti with chili, a quirky, regional specialty, which is actually rather tasty and an experience worth having. We happened to find ourselves in...
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Navy Bean Soup I love hearty soups, any time of the year. I find a certain comfort in knowing there is a pot of soup sitting on the stove, ready to feed any hungry soul, who might stop by unexpectedly. Like all great recipes, in my humble opinion, this bean soup is forgiving...
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Stuffed Corned Beef and Cabbage During various holidays, I tend to buy a little extra of whatever is on sale, to have on hand for the future. For example, an extra turkey before Thanksgiving, which can always be eaten in December, or a Ham for the freezer, at Easter, and around Saint Patrick’s...
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Fresh Chopped Salad This salad, or some variation of it, is a staple in our house. A chopped salad is the ideal make ahead dish, whether you are preparing for a dinner party, looking for a dish to take to a pot-luck, or preparing for a relaxing weekend, where all you want to...
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My Mother’s Chicken and Rice Mother frying plantains at Roxanne and David’s — Chicken and Rice screams out of for fried bananas! My Mother loved to entertain. We would often, especially as we got older, joke about the people she would invite to her dinner parties, people who in our mind had...
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Black Beans The first time I made black beans, they were a disaster. I added salt, before they were soft – they never got soft. It was my first dinner party, in my first apartment, and I had invited three guests, who were all Cuban. Fortunately, I had also made lasagna, but...
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Harvest Skillet Cake I love the smell of cinnamon, oranges, cloves, and nutmeg; I will often put a small pan of this glorious mixture to simmer, on the stove, especially during the autumn. The smells remind me of my childhood home, during this time of year, when everyone was baking something delicious and preparing...
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