Family Recipes

When we have an occasion for serving boiled shrimp or other seafood, one task jumps to the front of the line: making the remoulade sauce.  This tasty dipping sauce is always a hit.  It has complex flavors, but very easy preparation steps.  And it can–Read more

When the long days of summer bring bountiful produce to gardens, I love to cook the eggplant dressing that my mother made for years and years.  Eggplants have been plentiful at the grocery stores and farmers markets lately.  Their shiny, deep purple skins are like–Read more

Earlier this spring I traveled to Louisiana to visit my family.  It was a beautiful time of year with mild temperatures, azaleas blooming, and crawfish in season.  One evening my sister Taina treated me to a dinner of bell peppers stuffed with a cornbread and–Read more

March is my mother’s birthday month.  Though she is not around anymore to enjoy dessert with us, I remembered her this year by making the all-time favorite in her cake repertoire—Sock-It-To-Me Cake.  This recipe was my mother’s go-to when she wanted to brighten someone’s day–Read more

This fall I lost my first cooking teacher.  My mother–who taught me how to measure, sift, and stir as well as how the sharing of food is tied to love—died in early October.  I have missed her every day since.  Cooking recipes that are connected–Read more

The recipe card for this salad is old, wrinkled, and stained.  Its shabby condition confirms that we’ve enjoyed eating spinach salad brightened by jewel-like oranges and raspberries, tangy feta, and crunchy nuts over and over through the years. Taking out the recipe card brought memories–Read more