http://www.savorytales.com Preserving our culinary landscape Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:42:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Julia Child wasn't the only "Julia" who could cook.  Learn what our friend Jan Reichel's Grandma Julia taught her to make during visits to Block Island! [caption id="attachment_232" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photographer Cindy Wilson captures Block Island's charm. See more of her photographs - www.cindywilsonphoto.com"][/caption] Julia was born on Block Island in 1904. Jan's ... http://www.savorytales.com/2009/10/grandma-julias-block-island-stuffed-shrimplobster/ We thought it'd be fun to highlight the recipes that should never be handed down from generation to generation.  So that's why there's a page on our blog called Unsavory Tales.  This wasn't planned but the first story and recipe includes that special food group called Spam.  Take a look...perhaps ... http://www.savorytales.com/2009/09/the-unsavory-tales-page/ I'm still waiting for my backyard tomato plants to bear fruit. In the meantime, Katherine continues with the story of her mothers' stuffed tomato recipe. In Michigan, August and September offer an abundance of fresh, vine ripened tomatoes. There's no more perfect time to try your hand at these ... http://www.savorytales.com/2009/07/the-stuffed-tomato-stands-alone-part-2/ Katherine's family is from Greece and she spent an afternoon in the ST Kitchen (it's really the Canapé Cart kitchen - www.canapecart.com - but ST has borrowed it for the video) telling Kathleen and I the story about her mother's original Greek stuffed tomatoes. Katherine Zikakis’ Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe: Invite lots of ... http://www.savorytales.com/2009/05/savory-tales-video/ I think it was the jellied texture in the heart of the tomato that made me detest them when I was young.  The turning point came in my 20's when I tasted a tomato picked right off the vine from my first garden.  I couldn't believe it!  It was sweet, ... http://www.savorytales.com/2009/05/savory-tale/