Just remember you saw it here first

So as I was browsing a certain major news outlet’s website – one that sorta sounds like See Ben Ben – I saw that they are starting up a new food blog. One featuring heirloom recipes. They are even asking their readers to submit a scan of their granny’s apple pie recipe card, the more … Continue reading

Low Cholesterol Pie Crust

If you must – as some do – watch your cholesterol, you could use this recipe for low cholesterol pie crust. I don’t know how it turns out, honestly because I buy pre-made pie crust. Anything involving a rolling pin just turns out terribly for me. It either sticks to the pin and/or board, or … Continue reading

Happy Mother’s Day

In honor of Mother’s Day I’d like to post not a recipe today, but a few memories about Gram supplied by my mom (Gramma A), who is Gram’s daughter. When my mother was born in the 30s, the United States was not only in the grips of the Great Depression, but families were still fairly … Continue reading

Recipes, the original social networking

When I was working on a new look for this blog, I realized I could add a “tag line,” some kind of catchy description of the blog and what it’s about. As I was thinking about this I tried to put myself into the kitchens of previous generations. They didn’t have computers and the internet … Continue reading

Welcome to Gram’s Recipe Box!

This past weekend my mother asked if I wanted this small white wooden box, which I knew to be a recipe box. My folks have been downsizing in preparation to move to a smaller home, so they are getting rid of everything but the kitchen sink! Anyhow, I thought it was empty and almost said … Continue reading