Storied Dishes: What Our Family Recipes Tell Us About Who We Are and Where We've Been

Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
Lost Recipes by Joy Santlofer......Page 22
Bread of Love by Sian Supski......Page 24
White Bread (No. 2)......Page 26
Most of All, I Remember Ma by Mildred Pierson Davella......Page 27
Cardamom Coffee Bread......Page 29
Swedish Coffee......Page 30
Cuban Bread Pudding by Patricia Espinosa-Artiles......Page 31
My Mother’s Chilaquiles by Meredith E. Abarca......Page 33
Alla Eggs by Susan J. Leonardi......Page 36
Dinner in the Nixon White House by Janet Chrzan......Page 38
Spaghetti à la the Nixon White House......Page 39
Biscuits and Gravy by Kristen Miglore......Page 41
Grandmother’s Biscuits and Gravy......Page 43
Cakewalk by Renee Marton......Page 44
Miss Balser’s Lemon Cheesecake......Page 46
Dumpling Madness by Betty Teller......Page 47
Great-Grandma Spielberger’s Spaetzle......Page 49
Virginia’s Weary Willie by Marty Martindale......Page 50
Weary Willie Cake......Page 51
Zemel by Carol Durst......Page 54
Zemel......Page 56
My Nana’s Grace by Jeanette Williams......Page 58
Searching for Piña in Havana by Elena Schwolsky-Fitch......Page 61
Cuban Ensalada Fria......Page 64
Offal (Awful) Sandwiches......Page 65
Love’s Yalanchi by Rebecca Gopoian......Page 66
Yalanchi......Page 68
End-of-the-Month Food by AnnaLee Wilson......Page 69
End-of-the-Month Spaghetti......Page 71
Jiao-Zhu (Chinese Dumplings) by Jashio Pei......Page 72
Jiao-Zhu (Chinese Dumplings)......Page 74
Appetites by Heather Wearne......Page 75
Grandmother’s Garden Meal by Devon Abbot Mihesuah......Page 78
Vegetable Sauté......Page 81
Kitchen Aid: Bringing Food and Family Together by Kim Morgan Moss......Page 82
Rustic Miniature Apple Pies......Page 84
Just Dessert by Sharon Hudgins......Page 85
Chocolate Pudding Cake......Page 87
Grandma Sadie’s Rugelach by Anita Gallers......Page 88
Rugelach......Page 90
Death Helva by Tijen Inaltong......Page 91
Un Helvasi (Flour Helva )......Page 93
Oma Springer’s Christmas Carp by Alexandra Springer......Page 94
After Katrina by Amy Cyrex Sins......Page 96
Doberge Cake......Page 98
Naemat Allah by Ashley Makar......Page 102
Macarona Béchamel......Page 104
Hot Milk Cake and Discovering Memories by Lucy M. Long......Page 105
Hot Milk Cake......Page 107
Edith, Gussie and Linzer Torte by Gillian Polack......Page 108
And for Tonight’s Performance. . .by Ellen Kaye......Page 111
Shirley Temple Black’s Quick Dinner......Page 113
Bakmoy by Ditte Lokon......Page 114
Bakmoy (Triple Delight Comfort Soup)......Page 115
Post Mortem Peach Surprise by Annie Lanzillotto......Page 117
Peach Kuchen......Page 119
Black Raspberry Pie and Crusty Women by Tamara Sharp......Page 120
Bread for Hoboes by D’Arcy Smylie Randall......Page 123
Bitsy’s Bread......Page 126
The Garlic Girls by Annie Hauck-Lawson......Page 128
How I Got My Chole Recipe—A Wedding Tale by Rachelle H. Saltzman......Page 131
Madhuri’s Chole......Page 134
My Little Black Box by Janie Goldenberg......Page 135
Lila’s Crunchy Jell-O Mold......Page 137
Full of Beans by Irene MacCollar......Page 138
Weeden Baked Beans......Page 140
Burned Sugar Pie: It’s a Secret by Traci Marie Nathans-Kelly......Page 141
Burned Sugar Pie......Page 143
Thanksgiving Compromise—Stuffing and Dressing by Arlene Voski Avakian......Page 144
Martha’s Dressing......Page 146
Chicken à l’Orange by Ellen Perry Berkeley......Page 147
Gingerbread Memories by Rebecca Libourel Diamond......Page 150
Pepparkakshus (Gingerbread House)......Page 152
Cookies by Lisa Heldke......Page 154
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pinwheels......Page 155
Our Lady, Queen of Pierogi by Kelly Jeske......Page 158
Piecrust with Soul by Sharon L. Jansen......Page 161
Mom’s Lemon Meringue Pie......Page 163
A Dessert, a Graduation, and a Wedding by Ammini Ramachandran......Page 164
Laddu......Page 166
Ruth’s Holiday Cranberry Bread by Dayna D. Fernandez Wenzel......Page 167
Cranberry Bread......Page 169
Rum Cake by Maria G. Steinberg......Page 170
Janie’s Rum Cake......Page 172
A Spoonful of India by Liz Tarpy......Page 173
Anu’s Rasam......Page 175
The Day I Became the Typical Jewish Mother by Liora Gvion......Page 176
Postmodern Chicken Soup......Page 178
“Not Your Mother’s Pizelles ”: Making New Food Traditions by Lynn Marie Houston......Page 179
Rosewater Pizzelles......Page 181
Notes......Page 184
Index......Page 186
About the Contributors......Page 190
About the Editor......Page 198