Bacon-Wrapped Water Chestnuts
When Ania hosted New Year’s Eve, these were always on the menu. Continue reading Bacon-Wrapped Water Chestnuts
Author: the3q
Asparagus Parmesan Rolls
This is a lovely appetizer when you have asparagus-friendly guests. Continue reading Asparagus Parmesan Rolls
Artichoke Puffs
Tired of the artichoke dip you’ve served and/or eaten about a million times? Try this. Continue reading Artichoke Puffs
Corn Pudding
As simple as this may be, it’s still the side dish that disappears first at holiday meals because it’s so tasty. Continue reading Corn Pudding
Apricot Braid
Mom liked to make this braided bread for Christmas breakfast. Continue reading Apricot Braid
Pecan Tassies
This is one of the recipes Laura makes every Christmas holiday season, mostly to give away as gifts. The filling is like pecan pie; the cream cheese dough is soft and luscious, and it’s difficult not to eat the whole batch before it’s packed up to give away. Cream together cream cheese, 1/2 cup butter and flour; chill dough for 1 hour or more. Shape … Continue reading Pecan Tassies
Plaza III Steak Soup
After tweaking this recipe for so many years, it’s not exactly like the steak soup served at Kansas City’s Plaza III restaurant, now or back in the 1970s when we wheedled the recipe out of the general manager, but we still call it the P3 soup. For one thing, they used to add MSG and we quit that nonsense a long time ago. And yes, … Continue reading Plaza III Steak Soup
our go-to ingredient, Maggi
Maggi is a yeast extract originally made in Switzerland; the Nestlé version manufactured for U.S. consumers is kind of like a bland soy sauce. But the European version is totally different: yeasty, mushroomy, truffly, dense, meaty, salty, it’s the liquid incarnation of umami. We could not make our Polish-Lithuanian dishes without it. We are fortunate enough to have stores nearby that carry imported groceries where … Continue reading our go-to ingredient, Maggi
ingredients and measurements
Some of the measurements in these recipes – oh, especially in Grammy’s recipes – are inexact. It’s customary for “real” cookbook writers to pre-test recipes and come up with exact quantities and ingredients, but these are home recipes made by our family for decades, and they work just fine even if the recipe calls for “a cup of chocolate paste.” We have tried to standardize … Continue reading ingredients and measurements
about us
It’s time to introduce ourselves. Continue reading about us
Around Our Table 