The Mother Lode

Our food editors raided old family recipe boxes to rediscover their childhood favorites.

Photographs by Romulo Yanes

May 2004
caviar pancakes

Caviar Pancakes

My mom ate a lot of things—frogs’ legs, escargots, sweetbreads—that horrified me as a child, but I took to caviar right away. She didn’t use the good stuff, but even made with supermarket roe, this dish makes an elegant impression. —Zanne Early Stewart, Executive Food Editor
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vegetarian
seafood
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poultry
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italian
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