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Tag Archives: grandmother
For Mother’s Day: Grandma’s Chocolate Cake with a Surprise
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
Posted in Food, history, memoir
Tagged 1910s, Bundt, cake, chocolate, glaze, Grand Marnier, grandmother, Mother's Day, North Carolina, Pamlico Sound, pecan, potato
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Shrimp Creole: New Orleans via North Carolina
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.
Posted in Food, history, memoir
Tagged creole, grandmother, New Orleans, North Carolina, peppers, rice, Shrimp, tomatoes
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A Beginner Attempts a Prize-Winning Pie
Embarrassing to admit, I never baked an entire apple pie before this weekend. How un-American!
Posted in cookbooks, Food, History, memoir
Tagged apple pie, apples, brandy, butter, cranberries, crust, currants, grandmother, Massachusetts, orange zest, raisins, Salem Cross Inn, Topsfield Fair
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A is for Grandma’s Apple Cake
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
Posted in Food, History, memoir
Tagged apples, cake, cream, grandmother, honey, Jewish, Jewish New Year, Richmond, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Rosh Hashanah, Roxbury Russet, top cream, vintage apples, Virginia
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A Taste of Germany in Richmond: Family Kuchen Recipe
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
