My City May 2023

MY FAVORITE EXPERIENCES INVOLVE GATHERING IN THE KITCHEN WITH LOVED ONES. GREAT TASTING FOOD BRINGS PEOPLE

TOGETHER." - David Custer

During the process, Custer also noticed that there are memories connected to family recipes, as well. "We all have fond memo ries of being in the kitchen with our family," he says. “The recipes also speak of heritage and where a person came from.” An exam ple of that is Daphne Deloren's grandmother's recipe for Turkish Burgers. "This is a recipe from my Turkish roots," Deloren says in the book. "I felt so honored when my family let me make it during our summers in Turkey. I now make it for my husband and two boys and they love it!" Judy Custer shared cherished family recipes that have been passed down through genera tions. The book includes recipes from all of Custer's grandmas,

great-grandmas and great-great grandma. "My great-grandma, a little Romanian lady, always had great recipes and she measured the ingredients with her hand. To replicate the recipe, my mom would make her stop so she could measure it," he says with a smile. One of his favorite recipes is his great-grandma Martha McCoy's Chicken & Dumpling Soup. "My mom makes it for me on my birthday." There are a lot of busy moms in the world and Custer included many recipes in the cookbook that are easy to replicate. "A lot of it is about convenience and being 'quick and easy' for busy moms," he adds. Moms Make It Best has recipes for soups and salads, main dishes, sides, appetizers and much more,

and according to Custer – a lot of sweets and desserts. Although he claims he isn't a good cook, he says he loves to eat. "Working the second shift, I don't have a lot of time to

JUDY CUSTER MAKES HER GRANDMOTHER’S CHICKEN & DUMPLING SOUP FOR DAVID ON HIS BIRTHDAYS.

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