Secret RecipesRecipes developed & tested by Gloria Pitzer, the Recipe Detective™
CHIEF BOY HARDLY’S SPAHGETTI SAUCE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 73). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] The nice thing about this is that the sauce is ready […]
COLESLAW RECIPE – Like Port-O-Call By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 38). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] Years ago, the Chef at the Port-O-Call restaurant in Algonac, MI […]
COLESLAW SECRETS By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 38). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] WHEN YOU MAKE COLESLAW the way the restaurants do, keep in mind a few […]
PIZZA LOGS [Pizza Subs like Capt. 2’s (Algonac, MI)] By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Secret Fast Food Recipes – Reprint (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; March 1985, p. 111). INGREDIENTS: 6 long crusty dinner rolls 16-oz jar Prego spaghetti sauce 12 thin slices mozzarella 8-oz thinly sliced pepperoni 8-oz can mushrooms, drained […]
CHUCK’S CHOWDER – Like Chuck Muer’s restaurants By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 131). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] Chowder was the magic word at Muer’s restaurants across […]
CORN CHIPS (from corn or flour tortillas) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 68). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INSTRUCTIONS: Prepare the corn or flour tortillas [below], but […]
HOMEMADE CREAM CHEESE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in her self-published cookbook, The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p.33). INGREDIENTS: 2½ cups Half & Half coffee cream Juice of 1 lemon ½ tsp salt ¼ cup buttermilk INSTRUCTIONS: In top of double boiler, put coffee cream, juice, and […]
MOCK PEACH MELBA By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Secret Recipes Newsletter (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Issue 120, May/June 1986; p. 8). INGREDIENTS: 1½-lb can Cling Peach halves 21-oz can cherry pie filling 8-oz tub Cool Whip, thawed Dusting of cinnamon INSTRUCTIONS: Remove peach halves from canned syrup, placing 2 per [dessert] […]
BEEF RIB ROAST By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Eating Out at Home (National Home News, St. Clair, MI; September 1978, p. 22). Any size roast… Have butcher cut loose chine bones and ribs from meat. Then have him [or her] tie it all back into place with heavy twine. INGREDIENTS: 8-10 pounds small end […]
CUSTARDY WILLIAMSBURG CORNBREAD By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 167). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 1 pound of bacon 1 pound can of cream style corn ½ […]