Many moons ago when there was a Main Street Antique Mall in downtown (if there is such a thing) Richardson, Nedra ran the tearoom. With every meal she served Crescent Tidbits. Tiny delicious puffs of bread. Often I would wonder what happened to that recipe. I asked friends that had also been in that mall […]
Lemon Chess Pie – Yummy, yummy, yummy in your tummy, tummy, tummy! I am sharing another recipe from my mother’s cookbook A+ in Cooking. During Mother’s 44 years of teaching, she collected recipes from the families of former students. These families submitted their favorite recipes, and the results was an excellent cookbook. (Click HERE to read more […]
A unique characteristic of my mother’s cookbook, A+ in Cooking, is that on the bottom of many pages are inspiriting quotes and cliches. During our childhood, we heard many of these quotes on a regular basis. Mother loved famous quotes, and spent a good deal of time researching and searching for just the right ones to […]
I have so been wanting to eat Chinese Cole Slaw. It is one of my all time favorite salads, but… It makes a big salad, so I have to wait for a time when I will be feeding a crowd. Our lunch at Sarah’s filled the bill. Yea! This is another recipe from my mother’s […]
Do you remember the Ben Franklin stores? Back when, they were a type of five and dime variety store. Then some of them changed, and many of them closed. If my memory is correct, Michael’s (MJ Designs) began as a Ben Franklin store. This said – There is still a Ben Franklin Store in Stephenville, […]
It is zucchini season, and what to do with all the zucchini is a never-ending question. Now mind you. – I did not grow zucchini, but the zucchini at the Farmers Market was plentiful and begging to be bought. I bought it and brought it home with the intention of making zucchini bread. Because… When […]
Announcing the winner for the most submitted recipe in my mother’s cookbook – A+ in Cooking! Ta – da da da-a-a – da da-a-a! And the winner is…. Drum roll! Chocolate Sheet Cake — applause, applause, applause, whoop and more applause. No fewer than seventeen families submitted this recipe as their family favorite. When planning […]
Backstory: Excellent Cook Nancy sent me a link to a blog by Bryn Mooth called writes4food.com. Nancy’s cousin had sent the link to this blog to Nancy for us to check out. Understand?? On the day I first looked at Bryn Mooth’s blog, there was a recipe from the Clara Project. As I understand it, […]
