Heirloom Meals: Savoring Yesterday's Traditions Today

Monday March 08, 2010

Heirloom Meals Radio:
Kay Taygen’s Southern Heritage

Kay Taygen, a daughter of the American Revolution, whose family tree dates back to the 17th century, cooking traditions are rooted in her southern upbringing but span the globe through her life. Hear Kay share tales of the farm and living off the land and then how her marriage to a Turkish/Russian Vegetarian expanded her culinary repertoire,

I scanned some of Kay's recipes and will share with you as I make them. Although, I might not make scrapple.

Enjoy the interview!

Wednesday March 03, 2010

Heirloom Meals Radio:
Tony Simotes’ Reflections on Growing up Greek-American Mid-century

Spend an hour listening to Tony Simotes, Artistic Director of Shakespeare and Company share his childhood memories of growing up Greek-American in Joliet, Il, son of a Greek grocer, with his Dad's desire to be all American and shed his Greek roots and his Mom's efforts to keep the Greek traditions.

Look forward to a future blog post for Mrs. Simotes' recipes for Avgolemono Soup and Angolemono Sauce, Rice Pudding and more. And I will try and recreate the soup Tony described on my blog this weekend.