Lost Recipes

Growing up, spaghetti with meat sauce at Fanny's in Evanston was my absolute favorite dish. Fanny's recipe isn't lost, but is a secret held closely by her son, who still sells jars of the sauce. ...

I grew up eating Chinese food at Chan's Garden in Dunellen, NJ. Forty years later I still vividly remember a dish they had called Hang Chow Spare Ribs. They were small pieces of pork rib, very swe...

by ElsieB 2 months ago

I had a recipe for lemon coconut bars that I really liked but I cannot find the scrap of paper I wrote it on:(. I’ve tried searching on line with no success. I remember the crust was done in the pr...

Back in mid 80's, i made achocolate-cranberry torte/tart/pie? for Thanksgiving and the memory of this dessert lingers to this day. I recall that the recipe came from Gourmet Magazine and the year i...

Hello all, I had amazing luck recently with tracking down a recipe from older Bon Appetit magazines. So I thought I'd try it once more and put it out there to this wonderful community. I'm looki...

I am looking for Meta Givins cheesecake recipe my Mom used to make. Mom is gone now and unfortunately recipe is lost with her. Does anybody have it? Suzanne3469@gmail.com

Hello All, once again I'm regretting giving away my Bon Appetit collection (1981 to present!) I'm looking for a tiramisu recipe, possibly from 1993, '94, or '95 or thereabouts. It was pretty old s...

by magnoliasouth 4 months ago

First off, I apologize for the length of this post. I just wanted to explain so you fully get what my problem is. I am of Austrian descent and my great-Aunt used to make Glühwein every Christmas...

Usually make a couple of cranberry sauces for Thanksgiving including a classice version of Ocean Spray back of the bag. But I also like to make a spicy/tangy sauce. A number of years ago I made ...

Hi, I have looked everywhere for a recipe I clipped off a box back in the 90's. It was with canned cranberries, cool whip, walnuts and vanilla wafers. I have found alot that are close but this one ...

In a recent issue of BH&G there was a recipe for creamy cheese and tart cherry pie. I neglected to save the second page. Does anyone have a copy of the entire recipe?

Hi - Looking for a dessert recipe that I think was in the November 1990 (maybe December?) edition of Bon Appetit. I have searched Epicurious in vain, as well as myriad other web searches and canno...

Hello all! I have been trying over the years to track down a recipe for my mom's favorite dessert from her childhood. She remembers it as being grey (!), having sugar and eggs, and being relativel...

My husband's mother used to roast a pork roast on top of a mac and cheese casserole. Of course, the first I heard of it was after she passed away. He and his sister remember it fondly but we haven'...

My gram used to make a dish called "ham and mango". She was from the Coal Region of PA. "Mangoes" are green peppers. It was sort of a ground ham salad with green peppers. It was served cold and ...

Hi, I'm from Ontario. My late mother used to make a sweet chili sauce which was great on eggs as well as other stuff. We lost the recipe, but here's what I remember. - It was not spicy at all, ...

Someone posted awhile back about a favorite Bon Appetit recipe they could not find. Here is the elusive Penne All Vodka recipe for those who are interested: It came from The February 1992 Bon A...