Our bartenders for this development: Bree, Kim, and Mary. A habit we’ve started getting into the past couple years is vacationing on the east coast of Florida. As I write this, I’m sitting in a beautiful little duplex on the Indian River in Ft. Pierce. We had come here just over a year ago and […]
Category: Food History
Monster Candy, May’s Candy Shop, Mackinac Island, Michigan
The Monster Candy, about 4″ in diameter, from May’s Candy Shop on Mackinac Island in the straits between the peninsulas of Michigan. It was just over a year ago Mary and I were on Mackinac Island a few hundred miles north of here. One of the shops I had wanted to visit for a few […]
Mother’s Day 2010: Kielbasa and Pierogi for Mary
One of our “standard” meals in the six years Mary and I have been together has been a fairly traditional meal of Polish Kielbasa and Pierogi. We served this meal at our small wedding in late 2004, our wedding reception in mid-2005, to the administration of the Village of Carleton, Michigan, during Luna Pier’s portion of the 2008 Mayoral exchange, […]
Dad’s Eggs In A Frame: A Memorial Recipe Tribute for Downloading
A batch of dad’s Eggs In A Frame, made specifically for this memorial by my 14-year-old daughter Briahna. As I’d written previously, my father Erwin F. Liske passed away on December 29th. Mom’s been in the hospital herself, so the funeral has been on hold. Visitation will finally be tomorrow with his funeral being on […]
Sam’s Hot Dog Stand, Marmet, West Virginia
Update, Sept. 23, 2008 – The West Virginia Hot Dog Blog reviewed this stand on March 13, 2007, giving the location a “4 Weenie rating”. Click here to read the entire review. A pair of hot dogs in grilled buns, with mild chili and coleslaw, from the Sam’s Hot Dog Stand in Marmet, a little burg south […]
Recipe: Mom’s Old-Fashioned Peach Cobbler
This image is almost three years old … and I never posted it before?? A couple days ago I was over at Shelby’s food blog reading her post describing her Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler with Cornmeal Biscuit Topping. At one point Shelby wrote: Next time I make this, it’s going to be with peaches, since peach cobbler […]
Recipe: Authentic Hungarian Beef Gulyas
Beef Gulyas, from the book Cooking Jewish, served with a couple slices of handmade & fresh Tomato Garlic Bread from the Frog Leg Inn in Erie, Michigan. When you hear the word “goulash” you probably think of that combination of cooked elbow macaroni mixed with stewed tomatoes, chopped onion and green bell pepper, all seasoned with […]