Category: Recipes

This is a recipe for a cake made without eggs or butter, and potentially without milk or using only sour milk. The recipe calls for lard (clarified pork fat), but Jettie would substitute shortening. This was a recipe told to Jettie by her mother-in-law (my great grandmother), Mary (Huff) Adams, (more…)

Grandma Jettie’s Pecan Pie was a family favorite. this simple recipe for the southern US delicacy was likely a variation of a recipe that was handed down through a few generations of Jettie’s maternal ancesters (mother to daughter) in what I call the mid-south (the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, (more…)

My parents and I spent a lot of time on the water. It could have been racing our sailboat three times a week in Long Island Sound. Or the annual two week vacation as we cruised up the east coast from Connecticut with other boats and good friends. Regardless, there (more…)

I love Pickles a lot. In Bengali we say Achar. I love most Raw Mango Pickle. Other than that I’ve had many kinds and my late Mom used to make of Indian Plums, Raw Mango, Whole Red Chilli, Shrimp etc. Today I made with Egg and this is a favourite (more…)

Indians love Pilaf or Pulao so much that one can have any combination of Pilaf and Puff Rice is quite common in my part of India. In the winter lot of variety of vegetables are added and in the summer different kind of vegetables are added. I often like to (more…)

We have several comfort foods that characterize how and what we eat in Hawaii.  My favorite growing up even as an adult was corn beef and onions!  Very simple recipe, but a favorite that brought comfort to me, my family and my friends.  I don’t prepare this anymore because my (more…)