Eggs Goldenrod is an old-school recipe. Near as I can tell, it first appears in print in the 1896 “Boston Cooking School Cookbook” by Fannie Merritt Farmer as Eggs ala Goldenrod. The classic rendition was a simple thin white sauce with the finely chopped whites of hard boiled eggs mixed in, served over toast points,…
Mom’s Tomato Mac n’ Cheese
My mom was recently in town visiting and we got to talking about food and old recipes. As a kid, we had a few staples that were part of the normal rotation. These were Mom’s go-to recipes that were either quick, easy, or fit our usually-tight budget. One of those classic go-to favorites in our house…
Lemon Pound Cake
Can Lemon Pound Cake be an addiction? Merelyn had been in a habit of stopping at Starbucks on her way to work to grab a coffee. Usually having skipped breakfast, she would almost always grab a piece of their Lemon Pound Cake with her morning Chai. Before long, I’m pretty sure she was stopping for the…
Chile de Arbol Hot Sauce
I grew up surrounded by the flavors of Mexico. Southern California has carried over much of its food culture from when it was part of Mexico. Salinas, California was, and still is, a migrant town and more traditional Mexican food is very much a part of that experience. Growing up in Salinas, Mexican food has…
Grandma’s Peanut Butter Cookies
Among the stack of recipes my grandmother sent me was her Peanut Butter Cookie recipe. This year when Merelyn and I decided to do something nice for our neighbors, we pulled out a handful of cookie recipes from the family recipe folder and made several batches to hand out. They turned out great and we…
Roasted Garlic Soup
Fall and Winter season is Soup Season, even here in Arizona where it doesn’t really get that cold. We still like a hearty bowl of hot soup with something crusty and cheesy to dip in it. This year, as I set up to start doing batches of soups to can and store for the Winter,…
Roasted Red Pepper Soup
There are not a lot of dishes, outside of chocolate brownies, that entice Merelyn to scrape the bowl clean. The combination of this Roasted Red Pepper Soup and a grilled-cheese sandwich, however, is a sure-fire way to my wife eagerly polish off every drop and crumb on the plate. Soups are a great recipe to…
Jalapeno Mac and Cheese
My family has several versions of Mac and Cheese. I grew up eating my Mom’s Mac and Cheese which was a variation on a recipe she learned from my grandmother. It was a staple around our house growing up and we loved it…good old fashioned comfort food at it’s best. My wife is a sucker…
Grandma Killen’s Peanut Butter Fudge
I have pretty vague memories of my grandma Killen, but I feel like I am lucky to have any memories at all. Most people I have met never got to meet their great-grandparents and I was lucky enough to have nearly all of them around as a kid. I have very fuzzy memories of holiday…
Homemade Kahlua
This recipe came from my grandmother on my mother’s side. According to my mother, my grandmother would make batches of Kahlua every year around Christmas to hand out as gifts. It was a tradition for some time and eventually my mother got her recipe and started making it as well. I do remember Kaluha being…