MARSHMALLOW AMBROSIA SALAD By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 48). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 1-pound bag miniature marshmallows 2 cups broken pecans 10-ounce jar maraschino cherries, […]
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Hi! I'm Laura Emerich and Gloria Pitzer, the ORIGINAL Secret Recipe Detective, is my mom. This website is lovingly dedicated to her memory and legacy.
PAINTBRUSH COOKIES, LIKE HUDSON’S
PAINTBRUSH COOKIES, LIKE HUDSON’S By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 221). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] The JL Hudson’s store (downtown Detroit) used to sell these at Christmas […]
VINEGAR PIE
VINEGAR PIE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Joy Of NOT Cooking – Any More Than You Have To (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Nov. 1983, p. 148) INGREDIENTS: 14-oz can Sweetened Condensed Milk ¼ cup lemon juice ¼ cup light vinegar 1 tsp bottled [or fresh] grated lemon peel 3 raw egg yolks […]
GRASSHOPPER PIE
GRASSHOPPER PIE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 251). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] When you visited a Chuck Muer restaurant, this was their desert specialty. It’s much […]
WALDORF ASTORIA STUFFING SIDEDISH
WALDORF ASTORIA STUFFING SIDEDISH By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 50). A 1930 recipe, from their chef at that time, which we printed in April 1976, with their permission. INGREDIENTS: ½-lb fresh chestnuts 1 small whole onion 1 stalk celery, cut […]
BREAD & BUTTER PICKLES
BREAD & BUTTER PICKLES By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 22). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 1 small onion – the size of an egg – sliced […]
STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS
STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Eating Out at Home (National Home News, St. Clair, MI; September 1978, p. 22). INGREDIENTS: 8 green peppers 1½ TB butter 1½ TB flour ¾ tsp salt Few grains pepper ¾ cup Pet Milk, diluted with ¾ cup liquid from vegetables 2½ cups cooked or canned […]
POPCORN BALLS
POPCORN BALLS By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Top Secret Recipes a la Carte (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Sept. 1979, p. 38). INGREDIENTS: 1 cup (packed) brown sugar 1 cup granulated [white] sugar ½ cup water 2 TB butter 3 quarts popped corn (lightly salted) INSTRUCTIONS: Boil first three ingredients to “soft ball” stage. […]
HOT FUDGE, ORIGINAL SANDERS’ STYLE
SANDERS’ SUNDAE TOPPINGS By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 36). Warren Pierce of WJR-Detroit Radio was an evening show that I did often, years ago. It was from this radio show that I became [well] acquainted with the Sanders Company, as […]
SANDERS’ SUNDAE TOPPINGS By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 36). Warren Pierce of WJR-Detroit Radio was an evening show that I did often, years ago. It was from this radio show that I became [well] acquainted with the Sanders Company, as […]