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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.

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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Americanized Irish

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Post date March 15, 2021
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Happy Monday and happy Irish-American Heritage Month to EVERYONE! After all, don’t we all feel a bit of the blarney blood running through our veins this time of year! But I especially look forward to Mondays because they are my 52 Chances each year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with […]

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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – The Legacy Effect

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Post date March 8, 2021
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Happy Monday and happy International Women’s Week, as well as International Women’s Day! Aren’t Mondays marvelous? I always look forward to Mondays because they are my #52Chances each year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with all of you! #TheRecipeDetective #NationalWomensHistoryMonth #WomensWeek #InternationalWomensDay As I mentioned last week, the whole month […]

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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Who Never Got A Dinner!

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Post date March 1, 2021
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Happy Monday and happy March to everyone! As for myself, I always look forward to Mondays because they are my 52 Chances each year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with all of you! #TheRecipeDetective #NationalWomensHistoryMonth March is, among other things, National Women’s History Month – which, according to NationalDayCalendar.com, was […]

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WHBY “PITZER” PODCASTS

For WHBY “Pitzer” Podcasts, in case you missed them, check out the following links: April 2020 – https://www.whby.com/2020/04/27/laura-pitzer-emerich/ May 2020 – https://www.whby.com/2020/05/26/laura-pitzer-emerich-2/ June 2020 – https://www.whby.com/2020/06/29/laura-pitzer-emerich-open-show/ July 2020 – https://www.whby.com/2020/07/27/laura-pitzer-emerich-open-show-2/ August 2020 – https://www.whby.com/2020/08/31/laura-pitzer-emerich-3/ September 2020 – https://www.whby.com/2020/09/30/laura-pitzer-emerich-4/ October 2020 – https://www.whby.com/2020/10/26/laura-pitzer-emerich-5/ November 2020 – https://www.whby.com/2020/11/30/laura-pitzer-emerich-amy-albright/ December 2020 (which was postponed into January 2021) – […]

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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Radio Is Like Family

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Post date February 22, 2021
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Happy Monday to all! I always look forward to Mondays because they are my 52 Chances each year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with all of you! And the last Monday of each month has become extra special to me ever since last April, when I started getting together with […]

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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Culture Of Kindness

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Post date February 15, 2021
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Happy Monday and a joyful National Random Acts of Kindness Week! Personally, I always look forward to Mondays because they are my #52Chances each year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with all of you! #TheRecipeDetective #RandomActsOfKindness Yesterday was the start of National Random Acts of Kindness WEEK. Additionally, Wednesday is […]

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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Writers Appreciation

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Post date February 8, 2021
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Happy Monday and a jubilant Freelance Writers Appreciation Week to all! Personally, I always look forward to Mondays, because they are my #52Chances each year, in which I get to share my Memories of My Mom, the ORIGINAL Secret Recipes DetectiveTM, with all of you! #TheRecipeDetective #FreelanceWritersAppreciationWeek Yesterday was, among other things, the start of […]

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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Super Sunday Feast Bowl

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Post date February 1, 2021
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Happy 5th Monday (2021) and happy February to everyone! I always look forward to Mondays because they are my #52Chances each year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with all of you! #TheRecipeDetective #SuperBowlSunday There weren’t many things that stumped my mom more than understanding my dad’s love of football. Thus, […]

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Sanders’ Fudge Cake & Buttercream Icing

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Post date January 27, 2021
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Sanders’ Fudge Cake & Buttercream Icing, with Fudge Frosting (aka: “Bumpy Cake”) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, pp. 37-38) FUDGE CAKE – INGREDIENTS: 2/3 C. butter 1 3/4 C. granulated sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 2 eggs 2 1/2 squares (1-oz each) unsweetened, […]

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Neiman Marcus-Style Cheesecake

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Post date January 27, 2021
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Neiman Marcus-Style Cheesecake By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, p. 32) Ingredients: 1 cup sugar 1 TB flour 3 pkgs. (8-oz. each) cream cheese, at room temperature 6 egg yolks, well-beaten 1 TB vanilla 1 TB lemon juice the rind of half a […]

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