Posted on September 25, 2014 by Suzy Baird
“I received this recipe from a friend when I first moved to Rhode Island. It immediately became a family and party favorite. I started at Atria Harborhill as a volunteer and went on to become an Engage Life Assistant at the community. (more…)
Posted on April 26, 2014 by Taylor Rhea
Pierogi are traditional Polish dumplings most often filled with either sauerkraut or potatoes and cheese. I fondly remember my mother making potato and cheese pierogi for Friday night suppers. (more…)
Posted on March 11, 2014 by Taylor Rhea
When I was a child, Monday was wash day and the laundry was done in our back yard. The laundry equipment consisted of a large black pot over a bed of fire to heat the water, a broomstick to stir the dirty clothes, lye soap and two galvanized washtubs filled with water for rinsing the clothes. It was a sunup-to-sundown chore, leaving no time to make a complicated dessert. This recipe is quick and easy. The fragrance of it baking lingers in my memory. (more…)
Posted on February 27, 2014 by Taylor Rhea
“We couldn’t afford a telephone when we first got married.”
Atria on Roslyn Harbor resident Jeannette Weledniger recalls being a newlywed and taking the stairs or the elevator down to the lobby to use the public telephone to call her mother. (more…)