Adapted from the English Custard recipe in Craig Claiborne’s Kitchen Primer (1969). This was the book that really taught me how to cook and I recommend it highly. Chocolate custard was one of the major treats of my childhood. My grandmother Ligia Botts … [Read more...]
Gingerbread
My mother's mother, Ligia Botts Mish, lived with our grandfather Robert Warren Howe Mish in Lexington, Virginia, at 212 Barclay Lane. From the street, the house looks much as it did back in the early 1950's when my brothers and I were often taken there on Sunday afternoons. My … [Read more...]