The house I grew up in was built for my great-great grandmother. It passed through the generations in the family through their daughters (great-great grandmother […]
Author: A Coalcracker in the Kitchen
Mustard Potato Salad
I grew up eating really good potato salads (to my taste, your taste may not agree). Heck, I grew up eating good potatoes. I am […]
Homemade Strawberry Jam
Every year, my Mom and I anxiously awaited the arrival of strawberry season in Schuylkill County. The berries popped up in chipboard baskets — sometimes […]
Homemade Cannoli
I fell in love with the city of Boston when I fell in love with my late husband, James. Born and raised in a small […]
Ricotta Gnocchi
I am a true lover of anything “dough-y”; PA Dutch pot pie, soft and squishy homemade bread, Homemade halushki, and more. My late husband used […]
Homemade Root Beer
When i was a child in the 60’s and early 70’s, there was a road that lead past our miner’s shack in my little home […]