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I adore Ellie and I've actually made a ton of her recipes that were featured on the food network. One of my favorites would have to be her Cowboy Steak and Oven Garlic Fries. So so good!

Thanks for the recipe! I'm making it at this very moment. You saved me from a frozen Trader Joe's pizza dinner.

Just spicy mustard.

Gruyère

Pizza stones are wonderful! I too have one really ugly black stained one that I hide from prying eyes and another shiny and pretty one that I use when guests are over so that I don't frighten them from the kitchen.

Do any of you feel that a particular brand of stone is better than others? My darker stone is from a department store and the newer stone is from Pampered Chef (what else are you supposed to buy when your co-workers come knocking at your cubicle with their catalogs...)

Stuffed artichokes smothered in tomato sauce.. YUM.

Pot roast

my mom made the most awesome fried chicken :)

We always loved funnel cake from the local fairs and festivals and one year we were all too sick to attend and we were sad to miss the funnel cake. My Mom bravely attempted a funnel cake at home. It didn't look right or taste right but it was full of memories :-)

My mother was a fantastic cook. Raised during the Depression, she honed her cooking skills from her mother, a Swiss immigrant in a small mining town in Virginia. Her Swiss cooking was superior. What she excelled in was Hungarian cooking. She married my father, a first generation Hungarian American. They lived in a close-knit Hungarian neighborhood where the flavors of Hungary were reflected in their garden and kitchen. My grandmother took my mother under her wing and taught her to cook the Hungarian way. My most memorable dinner was her Chicken Paprika served over Hungarian spoon dumplings and accompanied by a simple cucumber and onion salad. The perfect ending for the meal was a slice of Dobes Torte, a rich Hungarian nut torte. This meal was reserved for special occasions. I worked in the kitchen with my mother to make sure that I could recreate these dishes. I am pretty good at preparing this meal. Of course, it pales in comparison to my mother's and grandmother's versions of these dishes.