The first stuffed cabbage recipe was submitted to the first PTA cookbook by Mrs. Owe W. Striegler, the former Anna Püschel, born 1851, i n B astrop. S he m arried Owe, a Danish immigrant here in 1869. He taught at Meusebach Creek, a country school. Their daughter was the mother of Stella Jung, my FH...

Browsi ng through my sixth edition of the “Fredericksburg PTA’s Cookbook,” I came across a recipe for corn fritters submitted by Miss Blanche Mercer Babb. While corn fritters were of interest, the fact that the recipe was submitted by Miss Babb caught my attention. In 1947, entering the first grade ...

Brown ies were a special treat of my childhood, but looking through my mom’s recipes, I did not find her Brownie recipe. I did locate a flyer among her collection — a promotional Brownie recipe from Rita Martin, the corporate director of Robin Hood Flour’s Home Service Bureau. As it turns out, she a...

The Aztecs, Incas and Mayans enjoyed salsa in the Americas centuries before the Spanish arrived. By 1494, the first chili peppers reached Spain. Their...

Studying the history of strawberry shortcake was surprising. I had always thought it American — something Jefferson or Franklin might have wanted to m...

The name of this vegetable comes from the German kohl (cabbage) and rübe (turnip), but it is neither German nor a turnip. It’s sort of a wild cabbage ...