by Betsy | Jun 1, 2026
Beef Stroganoff This became a staple for us in Philadelphia because I could get a little bit of meat and extend it with mushrooms and sour cream. In those days we went to stay with Connie in Wilmington most weekends. On the way there we would stop at a marvelous...
by Betsy | May 31, 2026
Basic Meatloaf Meat Loaf is one of those things that everyone can make into their own. You start changing what you add to it, or how much you use of one ingredient or the other. My mother used to have a very simple recipe and then change it around. She might add...
by Betsy | May 31, 2026
Carne Guisada Carne Guisada is one part of the Dominican staple known as the Dominican Flag. This is something that is eaten almost every day in some shape or form in Dominican households. I grew up with some form of this almost every day. The bean color might change,...
by Betsy | May 29, 2026
The Miami Years Getting There On October 31st, 1963, Halloween Day, although we didn’t know what that was, yet, my entire family boarded a VARIG Airlines Jet plane to Miami. This was the largest plane I had flown in as of then and it was a direct flight to Miami from...
by Betsy | May 27, 2026
My mother the Coronela I grew up in a household equivalent (at least in my mind) to Tara in Gone With the Wind. We didn’t have all the land they had, just three big lots, but, we were in the countryside where our neighbors were best friends and it always seemed like...
