Family Traditions – THE CREATIVE PALATE

Taking Up the Mantle of Our Mothers

Posted on December 27, 2015August 11, 2017 by Abigail

This Holiday season was a first in many ways… The first Annual Holiday Tea Party. The first passing of family china to me. Complete with my grandmother’s jade dinner ring. The first antique “new” heirloom meant for Anni to inherit — a 19th century Samovar Tea Urn. The first Christmas without my Grandmother. “Taking Up […]

The Perfect Waffle and The Importance of Butter

Posted on May 19, 2015May 12, 2019 by Abigail

For weeks, I wondered what to say at Mima’s funeral. I truly thought about just reciting her Buttermilk Waffles recipe. But flying down on Friday, the stewardess gave me a free glass of white wine. Anni played a new Dinosaur game. And inspiration struck: “The morning after Mima died, I was surprised how much harder […]