Secret Recipes
Happy National Deviled Egg Day. In honor, here’s Mom’s secret recipe for… #NationalDeviledEggDay PERFECT DEVILED EGGS By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Secret Recipes Newsletter (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; March 2000, p. 6). As always, I’m asking only for proper credit if you care to re-share it. INGREDIENTS: 1 dozen hard boiled […]
TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL for internet, social media, and Mondays – my 52 chances a year to share Memories of My Mom with you. I hope this brings you a happy Monday. #TheRecipeDetective #NationalGratitudeMonth November is National Gratitude Month, Family Stories Month, National Inspirational Role Models Month, and National Life Writing Month. Gratitude is one […]
Happy…National Gratitude Month! I am personally grateful for paper. As nice and convenient as digital has become, I still prefer the old fashioned hard copy in my hands. Making paper has become a lost art form since it was industrialized in the early 19th century. I remember doing this craft with Mom in the early […]
INTRODUCTION In the 1960s and 1970s, 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 was steadily writing two different columns (“No Laughing Matter” and “Minding the Hearth”) for 60 […]
In honor of TODAY, being National Mincemeat Day – PLUS it’s National Dessert Month and National Apple Month – here’s Mom’s secret recipe for… #NationalAppleMonth, #NationalDessertMonth, #NationalMincemeatDay MODERN MINCEMEAT (& PIE) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Copycat Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1988, P. 116). As always, I’m asking only for […]
I’m so grateful it’s Monday again. I 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, happy Monday. #TheRecipeDetective #NationalBookMonth, #NationalCookbookMonth, #NationalWomensSmallBusinessMonth, #NationalWorkAndFamilyMonth This is the last week of October, which is, among other things, National Book Month, National Cookbook […]
In honor of TODAY, being National Seafood Bisque Day (AND it’s National Seafood Month, National Book Month, National Cookbook Month), here’s Mom’s copycat recipe for imitating… #NationalSeafoodBisqueDay #NationalSeafoodMonth JOE MUER’S OYSTER BISQUE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 21). As always, […]
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, I hope this brings you a happy Monday. #TheRecipeDetective #NationalMakeADifferenceDay This Saturday, being the fourth one in October (for 2026), is… National Make A Difference […]
In honor of Wednesday, being National Dessert Day; plus, it’s National Dessert Month, as well as National Bake and Decorate Month, National Book Month, and National Cookbook Month; additionally, since Friday is Department Store Day… Here’s Mom’s copycat recipe for… #NationalDessertDay, #NationalDessertMonth, #NationalBakeAndDecorateMonth, #DepartmentStoreDay CHIFFON CREAM CHEESE CAKE, Bundt (Style) – Like Hudson’s By Gloria […]
Happy October, Fall, National Book Month and National Cookbook Month! Cinnamon is considered to be one of the top fall spices that’s loved all year long, therefore, here’s Mom’s secret recipe for… CINNAMON AND SUGAR MIX By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, […]