Milk Street's My Family Recipe

Fairlight de Michele remembers her Grandma Erna's noodle kugel on most holiday tables; with no recipe, she experiments on her own with no success, so she asks Milk Street to help her out.

Karen Clay has fond memories of Grandma Margaret's coconut cake: a beautiful, towering creation she describes simply as "dreamy."

When Marie Griffin was growing up, her grandmother, and later her mother, prepared gorton, a rich, spiced pork spread; after losing the recipe during a move, she contacted Milk Street for help.

Linda White remembers a cake named Adena's Hot Milk Sponge from her grandmother's recipe collection; the vague instructions leave her unable to recreate it, so Linda contacts Milk Street for help.

Growing up in Hawaii, Royce Tanaka's grandfather owned and operated a bakery that sold popular butter rolls; Royce turns to Milk Street to help recreate them.

Growing up, Sapna Pandya's grandmother often made a round, crisp snack called "crunchy pooris."

When feeding a crowd, Teryluz Andreu's mother would make pérnil al caldero: a Puerto Rican staple of juicy slow-cooked pork with shatteringly crisp skin.

Melissa Long's Czech friend Tatiana sometimes prepared a rustic pork, sausage and sauerkraut soup; Milk Street wants to add their own spin on it.

Tim Donovan has fond memories of calzones, a stuffed bread that his Italian mother and grandmother made.

Jessica Costantini misses her grandmother's popovers; when Jessica attempted to replicate them, hers ended up burned on the outside and doughy or dry on the inside.