Put It In Writing
I enjoy seeing family recipe books full of special recipes and pictures from each member. It makes such a precious keepsake. I would like to suggest to anyone who puts together such a collection to make sure you include as many hand-written recipes as possible. It has meant so much to me to find cards and notes in cookbooks that were written by my mother and grandmother. I have many of my mom's standard recipes, but there are a few I don't have. There were some dishes that she just made for which she never had a written recipe. We all have recipes like that, but it's worth the time to write them down. Here a couple of my simple recipes that are standards at our family's table. Pot Roast I like to use a London Broil cut or a small chuck roast . Cut slits throughout the roast, top and bottom and stuff with either: garlic slices or a stuffing mixture made of finely chopped (food processor is best) onions, be...