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 […]
Holidays
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 […]
Coal Region Teaberry Cream Cheese Mints
The general recipe for cream cheese mints is generations-old. Of course, as a dyed-in-the-wool “coalcracker”, my spin on them is to use teaberry for the […]
Coal Region Peanut Rolls
Growing up in Schuylkill County during the 60’s and 70’s meant enjoying Easter, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day candy from Mootz Candies, a fixture on Centre […]
My Collection of Homemade Easter Egg Centers
Not much got my Mom down — except what she described as the “dreary stretch” that descended upon The Coal Region in the weeks immediately […]
Sour Mushroom Soup (Slovak Machanka)
In the Slovak, Ukrainian, Carpatho-Rusyn Orthodox Christian tradition, sour mushroom soup (machanka or macanka) is a meatless soup served for Christmas Eve Wigilia supper and any time […]