Believe it or not, I authored a cookbook, that is I compiled a cookbook. How this all came about and how part of it ended up being published in a national magazine are stories in themselves--which I will tell now. When my grandmother, Loretta Duffy, became too ill to live on her own, I helped her move into an assisted living center. This meant that she had to sell off most of her possessions which I helped her with as well. While going through her things, we came across her "recipe box" which was a small cardboard box stuffed with handwritten recipes she had collected in her 80 plus years on the planet. Many of them were recipes given to her by her friends and since these concoctions did not have formal names grandma called them by her friend's names, such as "Ivah's Chicken Casserole", "June's Freezer Coleslaw" and "Nella's Cake". Other recipes were ones given to her by my great-grandmother and some were ones she just made up as she went. When I commented on this box, grandma said I could have it since she would not be cooking anymore. So I took it home with me and went through it. It was like a trip down memory lane for me as I remembered eating many of the dishes as a child while visiting her and grandpa at their small rural farm in Michigan. I thought it would be nice to compile these recipes, call them
Some of Grandma's Favorite Recipes
Some of Grandma's Favorite Recipes
Some of Grandma's Favorite Recipes
Believe it or not, I authored a cookbook, that is I compiled a cookbook. How this all came about and how part of it ended up being published in a national magazine are stories in themselves--which I will tell now. When my grandmother, Loretta Duffy, became too ill to live on her own, I helped her move into an assisted living center. This meant that she had to sell off most of her possessions which I helped her with as well. While going through her things, we came across her "recipe box" which was a small cardboard box stuffed with handwritten recipes she had collected in her 80 plus years on the planet. Many of them were recipes given to her by her friends and since these concoctions did not have formal names grandma called them by her friend's names, such as "Ivah's Chicken Casserole", "June's Freezer Coleslaw" and "Nella's Cake". Other recipes were ones given to her by my great-grandmother and some were ones she just made up as she went. When I commented on this box, grandma said I could have it since she would not be cooking anymore. So I took it home with me and went through it. It was like a trip down memory lane for me as I remembered eating many of the dishes as a child while visiting her and grandpa at their small rural farm in Michigan. I thought it would be nice to compile these recipes, call them