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For Mother’s Day: Grandma’s Chocolate Cake with a Surprise

Posted on May 10, 2015 by heritagerecipebox

When my Grandma Bertie was growing up in coastal North Carolina about 100 years ago, she dutifully wrote down recipes from her mother, her aunts, and the ladies of the town. She never baked this chocolate cake recipe for me, but … Continue reading →

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Shrimp Creole: New Orleans via North Carolina

Posted on November 12, 2014 by heritagerecipebox

My grandmother, Bertie (pictured above), grew up in coastal North Carolina, where hush puppies made a regular appearance on local menus. I’m not sure where she found this recipe for shrimp Creole.

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A Beginner Attempts a Prize-Winning Pie

Posted on October 12, 2014 by heritagerecipebox

  Embarrassing to admit, I never baked an entire apple pie before this weekend. How un-American!

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A is for Grandma’s Apple Cake

Posted on September 22, 2014 by heritagerecipebox

I’m not sure what variety of apples my grandmother, Hanna, used in the Fresh Apple Cake recipe she clipped from the Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper in the 1930s, but I wanted to try it this week because apples – especially when … Continue reading →

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A Taste of Germany in Richmond: Family Kuchen Recipe

Posted on August 2, 2014 by heritagerecipebox

It’s hard for a Southerner to pronounce the word kuchen, which means cake in German. It ends up sounding like kook or cuckoo – not exactly the impression you want to make when baking a dessert for others. But I … Continue reading →

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