Grandma never made packaged macaroni and cheese. She always made the real thing.

Grandma’s table was often covered with steaming bowls of fragrant pasta.

Our family would gather around the table on Sunday nights to enjoy this classic pasta dish.

Grandma often cooked for a crowd of children, so she was glad to have this kid-pleasing recipe.

I always wanted to be first to claim the crispy, baked pieces of pasta on top.

Grandma’s good friend Mrs. Kaminsky gave her this casserole recipe.

The kitchen was so warm and fragrant when stuffed shells were baking.

Because of the broccoli, bacon and nuts, my brother and I called this ‘crunchy wheels.’

This is one of Grandma’s dishes I’ll remember my whole life.

Once I bit into a chile pepper that Grandma forgot to remove from this dish. It was hot!