This past Sunday we hosted Happy Hour in our home. It was a very special Happy Hour because we held it to honor my father’s memory. My Dad would have been 88 this past Monday, if he’d been around. Sadly, he passed away at the end of January. Since my extended family is small and […]
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The king of kraut: a recipe in memory of my father
My father passed away early Sunday morning. When I shared the news with family and friends, each person I spoke to, talked about my father’s pickles and sauerkraut. Dad was the king of kraut. Memories of making kraut with my Dad, growing up in Fayetteville, New York, go back as far as I can remember. […]
In a pickle with the Papas
When I was growing up, my father made pickles: lots of pickles. He also made sauerkraut, horseradish and a few jars of pickled Habanero peppers, but mostly he made pickles. My Pop is the veritable Pickle Man. I have so many pickle stories that it’s hard to know where to begin. First, there was the […]