54 general recipes

Birds in the Nest cookies with brown sugar dough rolled in ground nuts and filled with jelly. A thumbprint cookie recipe passed down through generations of holiday baking.

Laufabrauð (Icelandic snowflake bread): paper-thin rounds of dough decorated with intricate cut-outs, fried crispy in hot lard. A Christmas tradition from the Westfjords going back generations.

Banana cream pie with sweetened condensed milk filling, fresh banana layers, and a cloud of whipped cream. The classic Eagle Brand recipe that's been winning potlucks for generations.

A homestyle green chile stew with fire-roasted green chiles, tender beef, stewed tomatoes, and cumin simmered in beef gravy. The kind of recipe that gets passed down through generations.

Mom's cream cheese pie on a vanilla wafer crust, topped with a sweetened sour cream layer and baked in two quick stages. A simple, no-fuss cheesecake-style pie that's been a family favorite for generations.

Butter-dipped pork chops coated in a fiery Cajun spice blend and seared in a screaming hot cast-iron skillet until crusty and charred. Warning: this generates serious smoke and even more serious flavor.