Gustie Owens
By Gustie Owens
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Recipes Goldie’s Golden Noodle Kugel
My great-grandmother Goldie never measured what she cooked, so these are the approximations that my mom and Zayde wrote down when they were cooking with her. My mom usually uses less margarine (or butter) and sour cream but more noodles. Zayde usually uses more sour cream, butter and noodles. It always tastes great! 8-ounce package…
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Food My Zayde Has Cooking Down To A Science
“My father would always say that there are two kinds of people: those who eat to live and those who live to eat,” my grandpa, who I call Zayde, said to me over the phone. “I definitely eat to live.” And, believe me, if you knew Zayde, you’d know that this could not be more…
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Food Zayde’s Top-Secret Recipe
“For me, noodle kugel has special significance because it is the one thing that I get credit for,” said my maternal grandpa, who I call Zayde. As you can tell from his daily eating routine, Zayde is not much of a chef. Though he can’t recall when my great-grandmother (and namesake) Goldie gave him the…
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