In May of 2012 I started a blog on Blogspot that I titled: The Aroma of Bread. It was intended to be a place for our family to gather and share memories of my mother-in-law, Marie’s kitchen. It began with scanning recipes from the cookbooks that we found in the utility room cupboards. Cookbooks falling apart, but many pages where we found handwritten notes about whether a recipe was “good” or where she was going when she made the dish. It didn’t gain traction, so I stopped, and long ago deleted the blog, but archived the posts.
In 2021 I decided to resurrect the posts (with a few new ones thrown in), and get them properly catalogued with a category and tags, and an index of recipes. I hope you enjoy spending a moment in Marie’s kitchen.
The Aroma of Bread Choose Your Own Adventure
Recipes from Marie’s Kitchen Just an index of the recipes with links to the post
The Aroma of Bread Category allows you to scroll through the posts.
OR Follow the links below to read the posts by date, title, or the recipe included with the post.
- The Kitchen is the Place for Celebrations, 23 May 2012 – Basic White Bread
- The Holiday Table, 25 May 2012 – Mandarin Orange Salad
- Bread Revisited, 27 May 2012 – Bread
- It’s All About the Sauce, 29 May 2012 – Rhubarb
- Angel Food Cake is for Birthdays, 1 June 2012 – Angel Food Cake – No. 1
- The Smell of Baked Goods, 16 Jun 2012 – Crumble Bars and Foundation Sweet Bread
- Grasshoppers for Everyone!, 17 June 2012 – Butch’s recipe for Grasshoppers
- It’s the Whisky, 19 June 2012 – Grilled Orange-and-Bourbon Salmon
- The 4th of July is for Celebrations, 2 July 2012 – Cherry Pineapple Bars
- The Kitchen was the Heart of the Home, 15 July 2012 – Miracle Meatloaf
- It Wasn’t About the Food, But the Fellowship, 22 January 2013 – Pumpkin Bread
- The Ice House is Ready!, 8 February 2013 – Round Steak Stroganoff
- The Hen Parties, 3 March 2013 – Poppy Seed Cake
- I Made Sauce!, 14 July 2013 – Marie’s Rhubarb Dream Dessert
- August in Little Suamico, Wisconsin, 21 July 2013 – Banana Nut Bread
- The Rooms are Silent, 13 August 2013 – Million Dollar Cookies
- The Tree Must Come Down, 18 August 2013 – Meatballs
- Women Drivers, 13 September 2013 – Lemon Meringue Pie
- Strong Like Bull, 12 October 2013 – No Recipe
- Till the End of Time, 22 October 2013 – Chocolate Mint Brownies
- The Thrill of the Hunt, 1 December 2013 – No Recipe
- Rainy Day Easter Egg Hunts, 20 April 2014 – Marie’s Apple Crisp
- The Love of the Irish, 22 March 2015 – Grasshopper Torte
- Salutatorian of a Class of Two, 15 June 2015 – Blitz Torte
- Letters in a Mailbox, 11 October 2015 – No Recipe
- A Christmas Respite in the Midst of Preparation, 20 December 2015 – Toffee Squares
- Exceptional Talent. Come More Regular, 13 January 2016 – Caramel Frosting
- Out With the Old, In With the New, 13 February 2016 – Marie’s Chicken Dumpling Soup
- Family Reunion 1996, 19 Jul 2016 – No Recipe
- “Our Favorite Recipes,” 2 December 2021 – Lemon Jello Salad
- Cranberry Sauce and a Birthday, 6 December 2021 – Cranberry Sauce
- A Life-Saving Dinner Delivery, 26 Feb 2024 – No Recipe