Secret Recipes
In honor of TODAY, being National Olive Day, here’s Mom’s copycat recipe for… #NationalOliveDay GREEK OLIVE SALAD By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 46). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd […]
Thank God it’s Monday, again. I always look forward to every Monday. They’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. Therefore, have a happy Monday. #TheRecipeDetective #NationalGreatOutdoorsMonth #PureMichigan Today is the first day of June, which happens to be National Great Outdoors Month, among other […]
Happy June and National Pen Pal Day! #NationalPenPalDay PAPER HOLE PUNCH FLOWERS – For Stationary & Greeting Cards By Gloria Pitzer (circa 1992; no printed version found). When my children were young, I volunteered as their Campfire Boys & Girls group leader, just as Mom had volunteered as a Scout’s leader 20 years earlier. This […]
“No Laugh ‘N Matter”, by Gloria Pitzer – How I Spent My Summer Vacation INTRODUCTION In the 1960s and 1970s, my mom designed a few different editorial columns, satirically geared toward working homemakers like herself (or those who just want to laugh at life), mailing out samples to over 300 newspapers. Within a year, she […]
In honor of May, being National Hamburger Month, and Thursday, being National Beef Burger Day AND National Hamburger Day, here’s Mom’s copycat recipe for… #National Hamburger Month #National Beef Burger Day #National Hamburger Day LUMP’S GOLLY BURGERS By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. […]
Thank God it’s Monday, again. I always look forward to every Monday – even Memorial Day, despite its solemn reason. Mondays are my happy place, as well as my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. #TheRecipeDetective #NationalMemorialDay As the last Monday in May (for 2026), […]
In honor of TODAY, being National Cheese Soufflé Day, AND May, being National Egg Month and American Cheese Month, here’s Mom’s copycat recipe for… #NationalCheeseSouffleDay #NationalEggMonth #AmericanCheeseMonth Betty Crocker Style ‘Golden Dream Cheese Souffle’ By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Monthly Cookbook of Secret Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; July-December 1981, p. […]
Once again, TGIM. I look forward to every Monday, for sharing Memories of My Mom with you. I hope this blog creates a happy Monday for you. #TheRecipeDetective #NationalVisitYourRelativesDay #NationalRoadTripDay Today is National Visit Your Relatives Day and Friday is National Road Trip Day. Additionally, next weekend is Memorial Day Weekend, which is generally considered […]
In honor of May, being National Egg Month, here are TWO of Mom’s copycat recipes for… #NationalEggMonth EGGS BENEDICT & HOLLANDAISE – Like Brennan’s By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 136). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret […]
Thank God it’s Monday, again. I always look forward to every Monday. They’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. Therefore, have a happy Monday. #TheRecipeDetective #NationalEtiquetteWeek #NationalDecencyDay Today is the start of the second full business week in May (for 2026), which also makes […]