Since September 2009, Lizthechef (at right in the photo above) has graced food52 with homegrown, honest recipes and advice inspired (and passed down) by her mother, grandmothers, and great-grandmother, whose collections of recipes she inherited in 2007 -- which must seem like yesterday after over 100 years of culinary history between them.
And did those talented women ever teach her well. From Lizthechef's kitchen come such crowd pleasers as her refreshing Impromptu Winter Salad (the perfect winter palate pick-me-up!), comforting Caramelized Onion Pudding (your roast's new best friend), contest-winning Creamy Cucumber "Side", and, lovingly passed down, Mama's Mango Chutney. We're big fans of her father-daughter favorite Dad's Day Turkey Tetrazinni, too.
For more of Lizthechef's delicious recipes, see her profile page and fan her here. Also, be sure to check out her blog, which she was inspired to start as a result of last year's Mother's Day-themed contest on food52.
Read Lizthechef's profile Q&A below:
What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
Mystery stew in Marrakech
What do you cook when home alone?
Pasta and anything spicy - my husband thinks black pepper is HOT
Your most treasured kitchen possession:
My Great-grandma Norcross's bean pot. I use it to store utensils on the counter.
Your ideal meal:
Seafood cooked at home
Something you'd like a chance to eat or cook:
Truffles - the real thing, with a "coach" to help me in the kitchen.
The number of bottles of wine you own:
About a case
The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
6
Kitchen pet peeve:
Guests chatting with me as I try to "pull it together" last minute before sitting down.
Your favorite cookbook:
Favorite "go-to" is the Barefoot Contessa series. Sentimental favorites, my 1969 Alice's Restaurant Cookbook and the 1972 edition of Fanny Farmer that my Mom gave me when I left home.
35 Comments on Lizthechef:
I share your love of Alice's Restaurant Cookbook. Back in the day the little diagrams of putting together Chicken Kiev gave me no end of confidence, as did Alice's famous paraphrase about foreign cookery: "Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it greek. soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good. Now you are an International Cook."
Belated congratulations on the Spotlight. I love your blog!
Stephanie is the Head Recipe Tester of Food52.
added about 1 year agoThanks for all your yummy recipes!
And thank you for testing them ;)
You had me from your recipe for Scottish Toffee. Good to see you here.
Liz, We loved meeting you in November and very happy to see you in the spotlight now! Your pictures with your Mom and relatives in the kitchen are priceless too!
Liz, we love you. :) Thanks for making food52 a great place.
Congratulations, Liz - so well deserved! What an amazing recipe collection you have full of cherished family memories. Better than any cookbook. Now, I'm going to skip over to your blog.
Thank you again for making this a beautiful day for me. I am incredibly attached to our food52 family and never imagined the support that today's "spotlight" would bring. X0 Liz
Congratulations, this week the spotlight is on you, Liz, but I must say, that you are always shining here on Food52!
Awesome to see you highlighted, Liz!
Great shout out. Your lovely support is a big part of what is so great about this site! You adopted me as your Hungarian sister, a lovely gesture! I am so honored to have gotten to know you through your recipes in this wonderful community.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! You are the best!
Liz! Congratulations, I'm delighted to see you in the spotlight! So well deserved!
so nice to hear more about you lizthechef!
Congrats to you Liz! I love to see you in the spotlight!!!
You deserve the spotlight, Elizabeth. Your recipes and contributions are wonderful. Keep inspiring!
Congrats to you Lizthe chef!
a great gal and a fab-o recipe writer!
Nice to learn a bit more about you Liz - may your light shine brighter!
Hooray! It's so nice to see you in the spotlight Liz!!
Hurrah for Lizthechef! So nice to see you in the spotlight Liz!
Wow - what a shock - thank you so much, everybody! Just home from an early appointment so I had not been on line until now...This is a wonderful start to my week!
Much deserved...congratulations!! so nice to see you in teh spotlight this morning!
Yeah Liz. I love your recipes.
one of my favorites
Hooray! It has been such a treat to get to know Liz and her wonderful food through the site - congrats, Liz!
Yay! I heart lizthechef. Not only can you not go wrong with her recipes, they're also infused with essences of her loving and kind nature.
Congratulations! Wonderful to see you in such a well deserved spotlight.
Yay lizthechef! Such a well deserved spotlight!!
So great to see you, your lovely recipes, and your great blog in the spotlight!
Congratulations! Love your recipes!
Yay Liz great to see you here in a very well deserved spotlight - your recipes rock!!!
Liz! So happy to see you and your wonderful recipes profiled here.
Yay Liz! So nice to see you spotlighted.
Congratulations Liz! It's so great to see you here.
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