Several years ago, in a busy kitchen filled with the sound of clanging Magnalite pot lids and the wonderful smell of browning meats, I first attempted to write down a recipe dear to my husband Stephan ...

In addition to cooking the turkey or ham, Thanksgiving is the meal to make dressing (or stuffing, if you prefer). Cornbread and slices of dry bread can be prepared in advance and thawed before the big ...

Serves 16. Kathy Mullins shared her grandmother’s recipe in “Rural Life Cooks: Traditional Recipes of Louisiana” published by the LSU Rural Life Museum. Hazel McGuire Balmer, loving referred to as ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — It does not feel like a holiday for me until I walk into my parents' house and smell the oyster dressing cooking in the oven. Yes, you read that right: oyster dressing. I get a lot ...

When the phone rings early in the morning, my husband knows it's my sister calling, either to announce a death -- she reads the obituaries first thing before heading to Mass -- or to ask a cooking ...