This recipe appeared in Texas’ very first cookbook (1883) for which the 71 members of the Ladies Association of the First Presbyterian Church of Houston assembled 801 recipes. They titled it “The First Texas Cook Book: A Thorough Treatise on the Art of Cookery.” Deanna Fischer found a reprint publis...

My dad loved herring. Here in the 1950s, as now, only canned herring was available. Often my mom would open a jar. With great anticipation, both my parents delved into them, bones and all. I could have gagged, but I came to understand that for my dad they might have brought thoughts and flavors of h...

Icannot recall us ever having homemade chicken soup. By the time I arrived, opening a can of Campbell’s was easier. Chicken soup is considered a comfort food. Simply prepared and associated with a sense of home. Apparently, I missed out acquiring a nostalgic attitude toward chicken soup — the kind w...