Weekends in the Kitchen and Beyond
My mom’s fruit salad that rounded out my parents’ backyard picnics during the hot days of summer has got to be one of my fondest memories from my youth. I remember that my mom got the initial recipe from a pack of recipe cards that were sent to her as a preview for a subscription […]
It’s summer tomato season! This is the time, and honestly the only time, when we can truly enjoy eating fresh, juicy tomatoes. Our lunchtime sandwiches, with a thick tomato slice inside, go from blah to delicious. For dinner, our ritual is to set out a big plate of tomato slices. I like them plain, but […]
It was a week after I baked my Polish Plum Cake, and the kids started asking for more. I only had a handful of large plums remaining from our Costco stockpile–didn’t seem to be enough to bake another cake. I was curious to see whether there is a German equivalent, given that Poland and Germany are […]
Growing up, I had potatoes in some form or another about 4 to 5 times a week with dinner. Dinner without potatoes wasn’t a real dinner. As a kid, I actually wasn’t too fond of this starchy root vegetable. If it weren’t mixed with something else, I had a hard time eating it. In the […]
This traditional Polish salad is like a souped up version of the American potato salad. It is a side dish that is a great accompaniment to nearly any lunch or dinnertime meal at any time of the year. It fits just as well for picnics as for a fall luncheon, as for holiday meals like […]