Secret Recipes
CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM BAR COATING By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 258). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 6 tablespoons melted paraffin 1 ounce unsweetened, solid, baking chocolate […]
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 #TheDogDaysOfSummer We’re quickly approaching the middle of summer, now. This week, we continue to endure The Dog Days of […]
HOT FUDGE, LIKE BROWN’S By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 262). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] I remember 2 Brown’s ice cream parlors [from my childhood in Southeast […]
Happy Monday. I LOVE Mondays! They’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. #TheRecipeDetective #NationalJunkFoodDay Today’s a special day to blog about my mom, as it’s National Junk Food Day AND National Be Someone Day. For more than 40 years, before she passed away in […]
HORSEY SAUCE – Like Totem Pole’s By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 189). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] Before the Golden Arches was even a gleam in Ray […]
HOMEMADE HORSERADISH By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 189). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 1 cup (8 ounces) peeled and coarsely-chopped horseradish root ½ cup light cream […]
Once again, happy Monday. I always look forward to Mondays, as they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. #TheRecipeDetective #IndependentRetailerMonth #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay July is, among other things, Independent Retailer Month. Plus, Thursday, being the third one of the third quarter (for 2025), is Get to […]
MACARONI & CHEESE, Inspired by Boston Chicken’s By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Best Of The First 20 Years (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; April 1994, p. 58). Boston Chicken continues to be a favorite place! I can’t get enough of their unique side dishes. INGREDIENTS: 3 cups dry, spiral shaped pasta 2/3 cup milk […]
Happy Monday, again. I look forward to Mondays because they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. #TheRecipeDetective Today’s the 44-year anniversary of Mom’s most influential TV appearance, on The Phil Donahue Show (filmed July 7, 1981 – before common internet and social media platforms […]
Happy July! Having just enjoyed National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month, I was reminded of this little craft project that Mom taught me many decades ago, when my children were young, using citrus fruits (usually oranges) and poking cloves into them, creating some sort of face or design. They were wrapped in ribbons that were […]