Secret RecipesHi! 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.
Orange Brutus By Gloria Pitzer – part of her “Original 200” recipes collection. This particular version can be seen in her last cookbook, Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press, Jan. 2018)…as always, asking only for proper credit if you care to share it! Remember, Brutus is the fella who ‘did […]
Happy Monday to all and welcome to Mondays & Memories of My Mom! I hope all the moms out there had a wonderful, memory-making Mother’s Day yesterday! I’m Laura (Pitzer) Emerich and I started these blogs last September to channel the memories I have of my mom and how she impacted my life – as […]
Happy Monday, to all, and welcome to Mondays & Memories of My Mom! I’m Laura Emerich and this collection of blogs is dedicated to the legacy of my mom, Gloria Pitzer, whom the world knows as the ORIGINAL Recipe DetectiveTM – pioneer and innovator, carving out the original niche for the ‘copycat recipes movement’. However, […]
Greetings! Welcome to my blog home, Mondays & Memories of My Mom! My name is Laura Emerich and these blogs are dedicated to the memory of my mom, Gloria Pitzer, because she left behind such an incredible legacy when she went to be an angel last year. Most knew her as the ORIGINAL Recipe DetectiveTM, […]
Happy Easter Monday, everyone, and happy Earth Day too! Welcome to Mondays & Memories of My Mom. I’m Laura Emerich and these blogs are dedicated to my mom, Gloria Pitzer, the ORIGINAL Recipe DetectiveTM, and her tremendous legacy – from her famous writing career, spanning over 5 DECADES, to her more personal loves of life, […]
Self-Rising Flour (By the Cupful) By Gloria Pitzer, one of her original “200” recipes (1972) Sift together: 1 cup all-purpose flour, 1/4 tsp salt and 3/4 tsp baking powder. Alternate version #1 (as seen with “Banana Bread, Like The Grand Hotel’s“): 1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda and 1 […]
BANANA BREAD – Like The Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island (MI) Developed by Laura Pitzer (Emerich), 1979; published by Gloria Pitzer in her cookbook, Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; 1982, p. 238) On the lavish, luncheon, smorgasbord tables of the Grand Hotel, where we were staying during the filming of “Somewhere […]
Archer Teacher Fish & Chips, plus Onion Rings option By Gloria Pitzer, first published in The Secret Restaurant Recipes Book (National Homemaker’s Newsletter, Pearl Beach, MI; Jan. 1977, p. 1) Arthur Treacher was once Merv Griffin’s right-hand-man. A dignified and accomplished actor that we best remember from the 1930s & 1940s. Ingredients: 3 cups boxed […]
Applebee’s-Style Oriental Dressing By Gloria Pitzer, from her “Oriental Chicken Salad, Like Applebee’s” recipe found in her self-published cookbook, The Great Imitator’s Cookbook (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; Oct. 1999, p. 3) Ingredients: 8-oz bottle Paul Newman’s Vinegar & Oil Dressing 14-oz can Eagle Brand Milk 1/3 cup water 1/3 cup white vinegar Instructions: Put […]
Coney-Style Hot Dog Sauce By Gloria Pitzer, from her “Free Recipes & Ordering Information” sheets Ingredients: 2 lbs. ground beef 4 TB oil 2 envelopes onion soup mix 0.4-oz. envelope ranch dressing mix 2 cups hot, black coffee 6-oz. can tomato paste 1 TB each: chili & cumin powders Instructions: Brown beef in oil, using […]