Mariana had two different kinds of Strata at the cabin in the countryside before Jeffrey’s Hampden-Sydney College graduation. Since then it has become an important breakfast dish at every family get-together. I found this recipe from Gale Gand in House Beautiful which … [Read more...]
Turkey Stuffing
An approximate recipe, written down for the first time in 2013. Use more or less, add extras, take out things. This recipe is enough for 10 people. Double the recipe for 20 people or else you won't have enough leftover stuffing for those long-awaited meals the day after … [Read more...]
Turkey Gravy
Adapted from Cook’s Illustrated, November/December 1996. If you cook your turkey on a grid of crisscrossed carrot and celery ribs, with quartered onions, garlic cloves or heads, and fresh rosemary stuffed into the grid, you will have wonderful pan juices and caramelized roast … [Read more...]
Devil’s Food Cake with Chocolate Frosting
After a lifetime of trying countless recipes for chocolate cake and chocolate icing, I've settled on the two recipes below. This makes the quintessential birthday cake, often requested. The cake recipe is adapted from Dr. Peggy Polaneczky's The Blog That Ate Manhattan, and came … [Read more...]
Angel Pie
From an old Washington & Lee College spiral-bound notebook, written in green ink by my grandfather Robert Warren Howe Mish. Perhaps my family's most time-honored dish, this dessert was served at every Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner I can remember. It was always called … [Read more...]