Eliot's Eats

I love old recipes. One really needs to have some baking and cooking experience before trying many of them. I have read family recipes that state, “Add a handful of flour” or “Mix in shortening the size of an egg.” These recipes are definitely not for the novice baker.

Since I have been fixating on . . . → Read More: Great-Grandma’s Sour Cream Cocoa Cake

When I quizzed my mother as to what was her favorite dish growing up, she immediately brought up Grammy’s Grape Pudding. I was not fortunate enough to have known “Grammy,” my great grandmother, so I relied on my mother’s memory for this recipe. (It didn’t take us long to locate it in the family-compiled recipe . . . → Read More: Grammy’s Grape Pudding