The Family Table

Submitted by Ann-Marie Hines, California Twenty-six years ago, my husband and I were married on the garden patio at ...

Submitted by Judith E. Smith, Pennsylvania This is my Aunt Mary Jane's shortbread cookie recipe. It's simple, yet ...

Submitted by Susan Schmid-Burton, Texas My siblings and I collaborated on a family cookbook in 2010 and self-published it ...

Submitted by Teresa Todt, Illinois My Grandma Edith’s home was warm and inviting. But what I remember most ...

Submitted by Donald Peterson, Wisconsin The events with the chocolate cake with Kahlua began in July 2006. My ...

Submitted by Rona Simmons, Georgia Apparently, my grandmother Dietz’s recipe for Mollie’s Raw Apple Cake in the Dec. ...

Submitted by Sue Stangland, Oregon Who would have thought hot chicken pie would become a treasured family Christmas ...

Submitted by Rona Simmons, Georgia Experimentation is the order of the day at my home on Thanksgiving. Yes, a ...

Submitted by Helene Chesley Purdy, Hamilton, Virginia In honor of Winkie Chesley, Redding, Connecticut My mom was diligent in ...

Submitted by Victoria Emmons, Missoula, Montana One day, my sister Anita called me in a panic. She was ...

Submitted by Kay E. Fisher, Iowa In 1961, newly married Joanne Muller was given her aunt's treasured family ...

Submitted by Mary Lou Young, North Carolina This delicious nut roll pastry was almost always present in my ...

Submitted by Janet Gerber Weeks, Harmony, Florida My Mama and Pa owned and operated a deer hunting camp, pack ...

Submitted by Donna Rinehart, Dover, Pennsylvania Off the bus from school House smells of banana bread We eat the ...

Submitted by Jared K. Vawter, Bakersfield, California Sourdough is not an ingredient; it is a relationship. If you care ...

Submitted by Pamela M. Saunders, Suffolk, Virginia I grew up next door to my grandmother. She and I were ...

Submitted by Linda Johnson, Kalispell, Montana I grew up in the Bronx in New York in the 1950s, ...

Submitted by Elda Capuni-Lemmon, Apalachin, New York My childhood food memories are of simple cooking, big and small family ...

Submitted by Diane K. Brewer, Apalachicola, Florida Nut horns are cookies that have been in my family and ...

We asked readers to share their best holiday cookie recipes and the stories behind them. After sifting through ...

Submitted by Doris Richardson, Georgia One of my favorite memories and family traditions is that of making Siste ...

Submitted by Sandra Banas, Brunswick, Maine My dad used to make these latkes every year at Hanukkah. He ...

Submitted by Kent Higgins, Highlands Ranch, Colorado When I was a teenager, my grandmother Margarette (1888–1966) taught me ...

Submitted by Patricia Clemens, Port Angeles, Washington A few weeks ago, a grandson was visiting from several hundred ...

Submitted by Patricia McAdams, Sun City Center, Florida My mom, Martha Callahan, was a fantastic cook, but my favorite ...

Submitted by Lanie Montgomery, Ohio Biscuits and chocolate pudding might seem like an unusual pairing. But growing up, ...

Submitted by Megan Baker, Grants Pass, Oregon My grandmother and I have similar penmanship. Perhaps that’s why I pull ...