Day 4 of our Father’s Day giveaways is very near and dear to my heart. I mentioned in the Peugeot Baltaz Corkscrew giveaway that Peugeot was kind enough to also give us a pepper mill to give away in our Father’s Day celebrations.
My dad and I, we have a true and unmovable love of pepper. I’ve made no secret on MBA that I love hot food. Pepper, spice, heat – whatever you want to call it, I want my dinner to have some real KICK. And that’s a trait I got directly from dear old Dad.
The man would season chocolate cake with pepper if he could – and now that I think about it.. I’m not sure he hasn’t! An important part of imparting pepper to food is using freshly cracked pepper. If you use the stuff that’s already been ground, sure, you get a little kick (and maybe a sneeze), but to get the real bite, you have to crack the pepper as you add it to food.
That’s where a good pepper mill comes in. There are tons of pepper mills on the market, in every shape and size. But for my money, I’ve never used a pepper mill I liked more than the Peugeot Classic Paris u’select Pepper Mill in Chocolate. For one, it’s a beautiful color and made from solid Beech wood. But more importantly, this pepper mill is made by a company that’s been making pepper mills since the 1842. The grind is perfect, and easily adjustable to your size preference. Peugeot knows what it’s talking about when it comes to pepper mills.
If I were going to go out and buy my dad a pepper mill at Williams Sonoma, it would be this one.
One lucky MBA reader will receive the Peugeot Classic Paris u’select Pepper Mill in Chocolate!
How do you win?
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Simply leave a comment below. Tell me your Dad’s favorite recipe, or your favorite Father’s Day memory.
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-Winner(s) will have until 6/29/11 to claim their Peugeot Classic Paris u’select Pepper Mill in Chocolate or we will choose another winner.
-Winner will receive one Peugeot Classic Paris u’select Pepper Mill in Chocolate {$35.00 value}. Product will be shipped by Peugeot.
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This giveaway is provided to you by Peugeot. The views and opinions expressed on My Baking Addiction are purely my own and based upon my personal experiences with the Peugeot Classic Paris u’select Pepper Mill in Chocolate and Software. I was given the product(s) free of charge; however, I was not monetarily compensated for a positive review or giveaway.
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My dad loves my chocolate chip cookie recipe. In fact, I’m baking him some right now!
My dad loves ham and beans with cornbread!
My dad loves hamburgers on the grill- he is easy to please!
My dad loves banana pudding!
Anything chocolate.
Thanks
Ham with pineapple casserole. Thank you.
Steak on the grill with Mesquite Country Spices.
My Dad loved stroganoff! What a great giveaway, thanks for the chance!
My dad always loved home made Oatmeal Butterscotch cookies with walnuts mixed in.
My dad loves to bbq good ole southern style pork butt his sauce is a mustard sauce & too die for
My dad’s best recipe is popping nearly anything on the grill.
My dad died when I was a teenager, but his absolute favorite dish to make was chili. It tasted PHENOMENAL! Smoky undertones, but a nice kick, too. It wasn’t until after he passed away that I learned what his secret ingredient was… 1 oz of unsweetened chocolate!
The one thing my father never turned down was ice cream.
My favorite Fathers Day memory was the year he let me buy him dinner. He never let me treat him except that one time, and I know that the only reason he let me buy him dinner was because he chose White Castle (which he also loved) and it was cheap!
My dad passed away May 23rd, and this will be my first Father’s Day without him. He gave me many years of happy memories though!
My Dad is old school, his favorite meal is fried potatoes with onions, meat loaf. He loves mashed potatoes an gravy too. He has always been there for me, so it gives me great pleasure to fatten him up!!!
My favorite Father’s Day memory has to be from last year when my 30 year old son, Brian Shawn sought me out on My Space to wish me a Happy Father’s Day and to let me know he was getting married, despie having been kept from really knowing me after our divorce when he was a year and a half old.
As a child, we used to pack a fried chicken picnic and go fishing all day. I don’t remember ever catching anything but I can remember standing next to my dad and hoping that someday I was going to be as tall as he was lol. Being a single parent, my kids do not have a father figure and my dad and grampa are both gone now but in honor of father’s day this year I plan to pack a homemade fried chicken picnic, take my children fishing and tell them stories of the two greatest men I have ever known..my dad and my grampa. Happy Father’s Day 11!
My dad loves anything I make (or at least acts like it!) That’s one reason I love my dad!
My dad LOVES an old fashioned choc. mayonnaise cake. Of course growing up, us kids would never even try it since it had the word mayonnaise in it, I mean how good would that taste! Well, much to my surprise it is YUMMY!!! Such a moist cake…thanks to that…ewwww….mayonaise! LOL Happy Father’s Day to all!
My dad loves French food. Loooooves it!
My dad loved key lime pie. My sons and I made our first one of the summer last weekend! He passed away before my boys were born, but I see his smile on their faces everyday!
One of my earliest cooking memories is of my dad making sausage gravy to go over buttermilk biscuits. It was his favorite breakfast and I’m fixing it for him tomorrow morning! There was no lack of pepper in his gravy and I know he would love this peppermill!
My dad’s favorite recipe is ham and beans, he’s the only one that likes it in our family but my mom makes it for him!
I am making my step father a carrot cake! And yes, I have made chocolate cake with chili! You should try it! It is awesome!
My dad and I used to have contests to see who could make the spiciest potato salad.
My dad just LOVES FOOD! lol especially anything sweet…
I’m always impressed with my dads taste of food. He loves trying everything new, he has never been a picky eater.
I can’t pick a favorite for him, because he never complains about anything.
my dad loves to grill so my favorite memories are always outside in the backyard having a bbq!
My dad doesn’t have a favorite recipe because he burns everything that goes near a heat source. I’m making him pulled pork sandwiches, homemade baked beans, carrot and broccoli slaw and corn on the cob for Father’s Day.
I just finished making my dad an Apple Cake….. an apple a day will keep his doctor away!!!
My favorite Daddy memory is …… Every Sunday morning, my Father would make breakfast for us 6 kids before we went to church. It usually consisted of scrambled eggs , bacon and rye bread. My Father would then fry the rye bread in the bacon grease till it was crispy on one side !!! We would fight over the last piece of bread ! Ahhh the memories… Thank you for the opportunity to share that. And to my Dad…I love you and miss you.
My dad’s favorite recipe I think is ribs .. he’s really good at making them. It takes him 2 days to make them but hasn’t shared his secret yet.
We are southern so my dad’s favorite thing is chicken fried steak with all the fixings.
My dad loves bbq ribs!
I don’t know that my dad has a favorite recipe. We do love to cook together. I remember that we started soon after my mother and him got divorced. I was in high school and had two sisters and a brother that were quite a bit younger than I. So I had assumed the responsibility of feeding them. I didn’t mind. My dad and I spend countless hours in the kitchen. I remember one night we wanted to make homemade spaghetti sauce. We had no idea what we were doing, we were just looking at the spices and adding things as we pulled them out and thought they smelled right. It was terrible! But we ate it and cherish the moment. Now when I get the chance to go home and see him, we always cook together and usually have a much better outcome! Haha.
My dad and I make the same peanut butter cookies together (almost) every summer…he found the recipe in a magazine years ago and knows it by heart!
My dad loves devils food cake. I’ll be making him one.
My dad loves any type of soup!
My dad loves to make homemade chicken noodle soup! He always made a huge batch and we ate it until we couldn’t look at chicken noodle soup anymore!
My favorite recipe that my Dad makes is his potato salad. It sounds so simple, but he is famous for his potato salad!
potato pancakes
My dads favorite recipe was the chocolate chip recipe on the back of the nestle’s bag. I have tweeked it-I melt the butter and add a little bit more flour-it keeps it a softer cookie
My dads favorite is pineapple upside-down cake.
Sunday night charcoal grilled chuck roast with baked potato: a family standard for years. Nobody could grill a chuck roast like my Daddy. God rest his soul.
My favorite Father’s Day memory was the year my husband and I had our first boy. He was barely 6 months old and I was determined to get a picture of him holding a sign that said Happy Father’s Day. It proved to be impossible, but I had so much fun attempting it.
My dad makes a really delicious braised pork belly!
I grew up without my dad being present in our lives but the closest father figure was my grandpa & his favorite meal was fried mushrooms. He so looked forward to mushroom hunting season every year!
My dad loved his garden. Home-grown tomatoes and eggplant are two of his crops that I fondly remember. He made this fantastic roasted eggplant spread that I’ve yet been able to replicate. It was earthy, peppery, smoky…and sooo delicious! Unfortunately, the recipe is lost…and I’ve tried in vain to replicate it, but have yet to succeed. But I will keep trying!
My father died 14 years ago but I still can’t eat chicken without laughing and hearing him say “dead bird again??”. I miss him everyday.
Fathers day we will celebrate with some BBQ chicken!
He was a chef like me and never had a good pepper mill. This would be good!
My dad loves anything spicy–the hotter the better!!
My Dad loved sweet corn on the cob so much ..he always ate it after everything else like it was dessert!He was a kind and gentle man.
@Drena – My dad also died but memories keep them in our hearts.
One special food memory .. I was a teenager my dad took me on a “just dad and me “date. We went to a little French restaurant on Newbury Street in Boston. As we walked down the stairs to the cellar dining room, I felt so grown-up and elegant. To this day France and French food hold a place in my heart. He opened my world to new experiences and an appreciation of different foods.
My favorite memory is Father’s Day BBQ with carne asada and roasted corn on the cob.
Never had a Dad..but my husband LOVES my gluten free pizza..so the kids and i have always made him a HUGE one, covered with lots of all the things he likes!!!
My dad was quite the chef when I was little. My favorite recipe of his was steak cordon bleu. Yummm… and he would cook it on the grill.
My Dad loves chocolate….its an intense love matched only with his love of cheese. So his favorite recipe would probably be chocolate cake, with chocolate swiss meringue buttercream covered in chocolate ganache with a hugs scoop of chocolate ice cream no doubt.
My favorite Father’s Day memory was seeing my husband filled with absolute joy the first time he was able to celebrate Father’s Day as a father himself. Looking forward to his 9th Father’s Day tomorrow, and many many more to follow!!
My fathers fav dish is baked ziti, we make it every fathers day.
My dad’s favorite recipe probably has to be my grandma’s flank steak and fried rice! So delicious!!
It may seem funny, but I think my father’s favorite dish is a simple egg salad with onions, olive oil and salt. [and the company of family and friends to enjoy it with]
My dad’s favorite recipe is BEEF!
Not a recipe, sorry, but the food I will always associate with my dad: Black jelly beans!
My passion for pepper, freshly ground in a pepper mill, originates with my dad. Even when he was debilitated by a stroke and could not operate a two-hand mill, he started using a one-handed mill to liberally spice his food with fresh pepper!
We ALWAYS give my dad some sort of chocolate for Father’s Day, so this year, I’m making up a special chocolate cake recipe by combining our favorite family brownie recipe AND our fave chocolate cake recipe! Hopefully it’s a success!
Dad loves to grill…and chocolate pie!!!
My dad loves a simple home cooked fare served with love and smiles!
My dad is an abysmal cook because he always relied on my mom to cook for him. Now that he’s divorced and cooking for himself he either forgets to eat entirely or makes one of the three things he knows how to make. His favorite: Green Cheese Pizza. No one else would ever, ever eat green cheese pizza, but my dad makes it fairly often. It is green cheese because the mozzarella is, well, far past its prime and starting to grow little fuzzy bits. My dad apparently has the most amazing immune system known to man because he never gets sick from eating old foods like this. He hates to throw food away, so this is his solution. My sister and I are scared to eat anything when we visit and offer to cook so we have an excuse to get groceries! I love my dad to death, but ewww… Green cheese pizza is simply vile.
My dad used to leave a ring of salt and pepper under his plate, he would use soo much of both we used to love seeing the ring under the plate as kids
My Dad is the best at making boiled peanuts. Here in the south, they are eaten everywhere and you can usually buy them at stands on the side of the road, but his are the best!
My dad makes an excellent Chicken Stir Fry!
My dad has quite the sweet tooth and passed that gene to me. He loves carrot cake! I’m up early this morning to bake up some carrot cake cupcakes for a Father’s Day treat! I cannot wait to use my new piping tips from Bake It Pretty!
My Dad has quite the sweet tooth, and that’s definitely one gene he passed on to me! I am up early this morning to bake his favorite treat… Carrot Cake Cupcakes! I cannot wait to use my new piping tips from Bake It Pretty! Here’s to early morning baking for the best Dad in the world!
My dad enjoys coconut cream pie. On vacation this week. Brought all the goodies from home to make a pie for Father’s Day!
My Dad loved to make a simple but good sandwich, it was white bread, peanut butter, and strawberry jelly and only that as that is what he loved .
My dad made amazing burgers piled high with fresh tomatoes from the garden and sweet pickles!
My Dad loves his grill…especially the “Best Flank Steak You’ll ever eat” recipe from TastyKitchen.com. One specific memory doesn’t come to mind. My dad just gets me.
My Dad loves a good steak.
After every dinner my father tells my mother it is the best one he’s ever eaten!!! He loves when I bring dessert that involves chocolate!
My favorite Father’s Day memory is one of my only ones. My Papa(grandfather) was my mom’s step father. He and my Nana never had children of their own, but he raised her three kids(obviously including my mom) after their real dad passed away when my mom was 10 or 11. He and my Nana also ended up raising me and my three sisters with my mother, but it never really clicked in my head when I was younger that he was the only father figure I really had. Once I was out of high school, my life changed a lot. Lots of bad things happened, my Nana got cancer and ended up being stuck in our house in NJ because she got ill so quickly. He, my mom, my oldest sister, and I all took care of her until she passed away. Unfortunately it took her passing for him to really kick his care taking/nurturing into gear. He completely stepped up the the plate and took care of us in a different way then he always had. This time he talked to me about the past, my feelings, the future, how he loved me. That father’s day I bought him his standard polo shirt and made him a giant banner and card. His go to saying was, “terrific!” I can still see him in my head, leaning to the side in his chair the way he did, reading the card and looking up at me and my sister with his half smile, “this is terrific, thank you.” Short, but with so much more emotion behind his words then normal. He died less then a year after my Nana and although it was one of the hardest times for me to go through, I am still happy I got to experience what it was like to have a Father even if it was only for several months.
No matter how bad or how good my dad claims to love everything I cook. It use to get me angry but as I get older I realize how endearing it is
My poor dad is surrounded by women (wife and 4 girls)…and to top it off, all of us women don’t eat red meat. My dad does….but never gets it. Once a year, my mom will buy him steaks for him to cook on Father’s Day.
I got a chance to use a Peugeot grinder in a kitchen store before and it was amazing. Awesome giveaway!!!
Three years ago, as a sophomore in college, I lost my dad very suddenly to a heart attack and obviously this day we devote to our father’s is no longer the same for me. I am fortunate enough to have a wonderful father-in-law who loves my cooking and will be spoiled with it today. When I think of my dad, one of his favourite recipes that comes to mind is lemon meringue pie. I still rely on my grandma’s expert baking skills for that one though!
My Dad loved spicy food and would pit pepper or hot sauce on just about anything. Whenever we have a spicy dish at home, my girls always say ” Poppa would have loved this!”. He liked to cook and his specialties included black bean soup and homemade salsa.
My dad doesn’t cook much but he loves to grill and makes a great breakfast casserole.
My favorites Father’s Day memory was when I took my Daddy to a Cleveland Indians game on Father’s Day and we were able to go down on the field and play catch after the game. My Daddy always wanted to be a baseball player and he loved it!
My dad’s favorite food is stuffed bell peppers. I don’t get to make them for him nearly enough, because we live so far away.
My father’s favorite recipe is cherry pie! He loves it! It’s definitely always on the menu for Father’s day at our house!
Our brunch this year is french toast with fresh fruit, syrup and pepper?!
My dad loves my BBQ ribs!
For Holidays like Father’s Day and Birthday’s, I always make my Grandfather a cake, whatever flavor he decides he wants next lol His favorite is pineapple upside down cake which I’ll be honest, I’m not the best at making lol
My Dad’s favorite is blueberry pie. I’m not home for father’s day, but will make it for his birthday!
I am lucky enough to have two incredible dads, and I love them both dearly!! My first dad LOVES my potato salad. Yep, I think I will make it for him today. My “Daddy B” loves food period, and he loves to cook. My favorite memory is him & me cooking Thanksgiving dinners together. And he LOVES pepper. I bought my parents a nice pepper mill a few years ago, but know he would love this one!
My dad loves my chocolate chip cookies! He has a sweet tooth and I’ve always loved to bake. His famous quote is that I would be the one who sent cookies home when I went away to college!!
my dad loves a good homemade hamburger
My dad just loves food in general! He loves a good steak, but he loves most anything really!
My dad loves to grill, he loves to grill steaks the most, I guess that would be his favorite recipe
My Dad loved cheese of any kind….he worked from “dark thirty to dark thirty”. He was a farmer. He was funny, kind, gruff, loved teasing little kids, loved animals and my brother and me.
Flourless chocolate cake is the way to my dad’s heart!
My dad always loved for me to make him grilled cheese sandwiches!
My dad’s favorite recipe? Probably just a steak on the grill!
My Dad’s favorite is homemade cheesecake with a blueberry sauce! In fact thats what I made today for us to have for dessert today:-) Its not just his favorite but my husbands as well so they both get their favorites today at lunch! Awesome!:-)
My fondest memory of my dad is watching football (soccer) with my dad while he smokes a cigarette.. Or going shopping with him, for his clothes and going into the changing room with him.. Good times
My dad loves Mexican food!
My dad’s fav recipe is salsa….he’s been making it for 40+ years. Yummy…..
My dad was a great cook & baker. He loved to make us fudgy chocolate brownies. Mmm I can still smell and taste them…. Miss you dad!
My dad really isn’t all that picky when it comes to food. He tries everything. But his one of his favorites is a good steak on the grill. He recently got a new grill, and its essentially his new ‘baby’. Last time he made steak he went on for at least 15 MINUTES on how good they were, and how perfectly seared the outside was and kept the juices inside.
My Dad is pretty open-minded when it comes to culinary world, but we both love sitting down late in the evening and eating home-made vanilla ice-cream with coffee liquor. It’s _our_ moment, because my Mom, who loves to cook and eat, is often on a no-ice0crem diet, so we have the entire container for ourselves
My dad was the smartest man I’ve ever known. Funny, wise, dry wit, quiet but with always the perfect words at the right time. His favorite treat was Lemon Meringue Pie. I made him one every Father’s Day.I’m making one in his honor today.
My dad’s favorite recipe is jambalaya. It’s especially good when he makes it!
My dad would hands down want to cook (for himself) salmon on a cedar plank on the barbecue this Father’s Day!
My Dad and I shared many happy moments picking apart steamed lobsters and drenching our sweet morsels with warm, melted butter – wish he was here today.
My Dad loves homemade ice cream…..we have it on every warm weather holiday since I can remember!
Brownies are my dad’s favorite and he loves this recipe… http://www.christmas-cookies.com/recipes/recipe158.sand-art-brownies.html.
My dad loves beef stew of any kind!
My favorite recipe from my dad is definitely his buttermilk pancakes.
Not a Father’s day recipe, but one of my favorite dad stories is the time he made tiramisu for thanksgiving day dessert he ended up using close to entire bottle of rum. That first bite sure had a strong hint of liquor and gave us a big laugh around the table
My dad swears he hates sweets but put a chocolate cupcake in front of him and it will instantly and magically disappear. He LOVES individual sized treats.
Today my sister and I are making my dad vanilla bean cake served with strawberries soaked in Grand Marnier, his favorite!
My dad is a steak man!! I growing up we used to go to my Aunt’s for Thanksgiving. Dad would stop and buy himself a steak or burger to eat at dinner. Mom made us eat the turkey
Yup is is definitely a steak man lol.
I don’t have a specific memory. I am just thankful that I had all of the time that I did with my father. I got to know my dad really well in the last few years that we had together.I think that everyday was like a father’s day.
My dad definitely has a sweet tooth, so I’d say any chocolate cake or ice cream would be his favorite.
My Dad, who I miss today and every day, loved to make french onion soup. He taught me how to peel, slice and caramelize onions. My love of food and cooking comes from times spent in the kitchen with both my parents.
My dad loves my banana pudding recipe.
Hi! My dad unfortunately passed away about 24 years ago but my favorite Father’s Day memory with him was sitting around a campfire and just spending time together. We used to have a boat so we spent the entire day boating and fishing and just having fun and when night came, we built a huge roaring fire and sat around it and just talked. He passed away a few weeks before I got married so this time with him was precious because as we sat there, we got to really connect and he got to pass on some of his wisdom to me. A wonderful memory I will never forget!
I’ve always loved cooking breakfast for my dad on father’s day!
Yesterday I went to the farmers market and bought new peas. Dad loves new peas and potatoes in white sauce, so that’s what I’ll be making today for Father’s Day!
My Dad used to love surf and turf (steak and scallops), I miss him…
I remember taking walks with my dad.
My dad loves this cake that we make will apricot filling, we always call it Sunshine Cake.
My Dad’s favorite recipe is Chicken Fried Steak!
My dad loves my mom’s delicious Mexican cooking such as Enchiladas, Chile Verde and her wonderful baked beans (baked beans w sugar is a no no at her house) with bacon, cilantro and chopped jalapeños. Yumm!!
He loves chili, the hotter the better! But never turns down a good steak!!
My father likes grilled hot dogs with French’s mustard!
The favorite food my father made was meatloaf and he several huge pans at once. He once had to serve KP while in the army so when he cooked, he cooked enormous amounts.
Anything that includes pasta. He is easy to cook for.
My dad’s favorite recipe is a korean dish, called Kalbi-jim, marinated short-ribs simmered until they fall off the bone. It’s something my grand-mother taught me to make, and it’s a favorite for our whole family now.
I was raised by a grandfather and his favorite food was grilled burgers. He called them “Hamburgs” and he loved to load them up on a bun with lots onions and the works, served with my grandmother’s potato salad on the side. I have fond memories of our many backyard barbecues. Thanks so much for the giveaway. I would love to win a Peugeot pepper mill. We had one where I used to work and they are wonderful.
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Dark Chocolate cake and he likes it very rich.
My dad passed away when I was six. I don’t know what his favorite recipe was, but my mom has said he turned everything he ate into a sandwich. He would eat a loaf of bread a day. My sister and I sometimes eat like he did, spaghetti sandwiches, macaroni sandwiches ect. My favorite is french fry sandwices.
I think a delicious steak tops his list. Thanks for the great giveaway.
My dad’s favorite food is grilled London Broil, marinated for 2 days in Catalina dressing.
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My dad’s ultimate favorite is a family recipe for NY Cheesecake with sour cream topping.
My dad’s favorite is crab stuffed snapper – he makes it himself. I must say, it’s delish.
My dad I always made filet mignon wrapped in bacon – so delicious.
My Dad makes some awesome Lemon Meringue Tarts
My dad loves giant peanut butter cookies–just like his grandmother used to make!
My dad is a simple man – just throw some meat on the grill!
Otherwise candy. He has an entire drawer in the kitchen dedicated to Twizzlers, chocolate covered peanuts, and other goodies.
My dad loves his steaks – he raised cattle most of his life and he always provided us with such amazing beef for the dinner table. He loves pepper so much – I always tease him by saying things like, “Would you like some corn with your pepper?” or whatever he is eating at the moment! Bwahahahahaha!!!! This would be the perfect gift to give him – thanks so much for the opportunity to win it!
Cheers!
My dad’s favorite food was grilled salami. He called them salami boats. He liked to use salami that was very hard.
This is amazing…my husband and were just talking about how we need a new peppermill!
My dad’s favorite recipe is my chocolate peanut butter cookies, so I make them for him every father’s day!
-Emily
My Dad’s parents came from Armenia and he loves nothing better than ethnic Armenian food like his Mom made throughout his childhood. He also LOVES pepper!
My dad’s favorite was fresh lake perch.
My Dad makes the best flan ever. That’s the only thing he makes. That and smoothies!
my dad loved to cook “green” eggs
Thanks for the opportunity! My dad’s favorite dish was potroast with carrots, potatoes & onion. Made his gravy from the juices and for dessert had gravy on bread
My favorite Father’s Day memory probably would be from this year. My Dad looks like he loved his gift. My husband and I bought him a pig to raise for meat this winter. He said it was the best goft ever.
I like making a good chocolate cake!
My dad loves pound cake.
My Dad loves lemon squares.
My dad loves gooey chocolate brownies
When my father retired, he officially took over the cooking. My favorite of his cooking was his moussaka (we are not Greek), but I remember years later, when he’d visit me when we left SoCalifornia for NoCalifornia, we’d make a trip over to the oyster farms at Point Reyes. I’d wake up in the middle of the night and he would be making his oyster stew, with hints of freshly ground pepper.
I’m celebrating my husband for father’s day, and am baking him a New York Style cheesecake with a chocolate ganache and fresh raspberries
My dad made killer french toast and made his own syrup (which was just sugar and water simmered on the stove), that made his french toast taste just like glazed donuts!!!
My dad makes an AMAZING spaghetti sauce. It cooks on the stove top for hours and has tons of meats and veggies. Whenever I feel like a taste of home I make up a big batch for my family. Oh so yummy!
Since my dads favorite candy bar is Snickers, I just had to make your Snickers cupcakes for him today. Thanks for all the great ideas!
My Dad wasn’t a picky eater, he never complained about what I fixed. But I think spaghetti dinner was probably one of his favorites. I wish he were here so I could fix that for him again.
I didn’t have the priviledge of knowing my Father, But my Husband is the best father anyone would want.. His favorite meal is Black Pepper crusted Tuna Steak- and this mill would be put to good use!!!
My dad loves egg tacos. Basically eggs in a tortilla with some Pace picante. He is not a culinary superstar, but a good dad!
My dad always loved fried fish (usually trout or catfish that we had caught) or deer or other game if he went hunting. He also loved fried eggplant, fried green tomatoes, fried okra, and he was definitely a meat-and-potatoes man. He was a cook in the Air Force in WWII so that knowledge kept him from starving if he went camping without us; but my mom nearly always did the cooking at home or if we all went camping together (which we usually did) and my dad would always say, “mighty fine meal.” He passed away in 1974, 5 days after I turned 22. His favorite saying to us kids if we fell down or bumped our heads was, “It’ll feel better when it quits hurting.” Thank you for the opportunity to share our memories, and the chance to win this pepper mill.
My dad loves meat, chicken, steak, ribs, bacon, veal you name it he will eat it!
My dad’s favorite meal was biscuits with gravy. My mom made homemade biscuits and cornbread for my dad every day. I didn’t appreciate it until I left home.
My Dad’s favorite recipe…wow, this is a tough question since he will eat just about anything. Any Puerto Rican meal like ‘arroz con gandules’ or ‘pernil’ are probably in his top favorites. This is sad…now I have to go ask him because I really don’t know!
My dad loved applesauce cake…
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My dad made the best BBQ’d hot links…Thanks for the chance to win.
My dad’s favorite recipe is definitely his famous broccoli salad that he makes for every holiday!
Polish food is hardy and recipes call for pepper. My Dad taught me how to cook and bake. He would have loved to use the Peugeot Classic Paris u’select Pepper Mill in Chocolate! I would love the pepper mill by Peugeot Classic Pepper Mill in Chocolate and with every twist of the mill I would have memories of my Daddy.
Happy Father’s Day!
My dad didn’t cook but when he did it involved macaroni and cheese and cut up wieners. Yuck!
Kielbasa or lasagna
My dad’s favorite food is grilled fish. It is his specialty!
my dad would make huuuuuuge pots of sauce (gravy) filled with sausage, meatballs, spare ribs, chicken. yum!
My dad loves to grill and came up with a great BBQ sauce made with rum. Ribs with his famous BBQ sauce is one of his favorites.
He loves just about anything I make!
My dad loved to cook outside!!
My favorite thing dad ever made was pulled pork when we were camping. Everything tastes better when you camp – but this one time he made the best pulled pork I have ever had. Happy father’s day – wish you were still here dad!
My dad LOVES the coveted chocolate cake with vanilla frosting. It is only made two times a year. Once for his birthday and once for one of my brothers birthday. Since I’m far away from the family I don’t get to indulge so I have to make the cake myself every once in a while
My dad really loves Coconut Cream Pie!
My dad or I always have grown rhubarb and we always have rhubarb dessert for Father’s Day dinner.
baking with my dad when I was little! we use to make almond cookies together.
miss those days~
my dad loves my lasagne!
My father loved hot sauce. He had a friend who was from Mexico and his wife used to make her own and she always gave him a few jars every time she made it. Dad put it on everything.
My dad was always in charge of the meat for the meal, marinating and cooking it. It was a nice balance that my parents made in the kitchen.
My favorite memory of Father’s Day is having my Dad with our family, eating great food, laughing and enjoying himself. His entire family still misses him, although this is the 15th Father’s Day since his early death.
My dad is a great cook! He doesn’t cook often but when he does, we all run to the table
Dad’s favorite recipe would be Pioneer Woman’s MM sandwich! lol
my dad LOVES my peanut butter cookies… so do I for that matter!
My father wasn’t a cook but his favorite thing to eat was a fresh ripe tomato from the garden, sliced & placed on two pieces of white bread with a swip of mayo. Yum!
My dad loves fresh cracked pepper on his steak!
My dad was a big fan of simple food, especially if it wasn’t especially good for him. Everytime he came to the restaurant I worked at throughout high school, he would get a loaded Philly cheesesteak. He also loooovvveeed my stepmother’s pumpkin cookies.
My husband is the best dad I know. Today my daughter made him his favorite: pineapple upside down cake. Yum!
When I was but a little thing I created a dish that my Dad LOVED. He would always ask me to make it for him: spaghetti with olive oil, butter, grated parmesan and lots of white pepper.
My dad loves strawberry rhubarb pie (and so do I).
My dad’s all time favorite was Devil’s Food Cake with Homemade Butterscotch Frosting. I made it for him every year!!
My father absolutely loves burnt chocolate chips. He can’t cook, but he does love to eat! It works wonderfully for me… because I tend to forget when I’ve started a batch of cookies!
my dad LOVED HOT HOT soup.
the hotter the better to the point where it made him sweat
as silly as i thought it was, i always think of him dripping sweat from his nose as he hastily tried to slurp his super hot soup.
My Uncle Kenny’s favorite food in the whole world is stuffed peppers, but even more when it’s made with deer meat!
I think my Dad’s favorite is anything someone will make for him.
My dad LOVES almost anything made with lemon….especially dessert!
I don’t know that my dad has a favorite.. but as long as you are in the meat and potatoes category it’s a winner!
My dad’s favorite dish is BBQ ribs on the smoker grill with a side of tomato salad (to which he always adds a ton of pepper)!
my Dad loves pizza
Pepper always makes me think of my sweet father! I miss him every single day but I have so many memories of special times with him to comfort me. I used to sit next to him at the dinner table and his favorite thing to do was lean over my plate with the pepper shaker and shake some pepper on my meal saying “Jill Marie that will put a little hair on your chest!” When I was little I was worried…I soon realized what a great kidder my dad was and his sens of humor is what I miss the most!
This pepper mill is beautiful too!!
Happy day!
My dad’s favorite recipe that he loves to make is homemade BBQ sauce! He makes it and bottles it in old whiskey bottles and gives it to family and friends! I’m pretty sure his recipe has pepper in it!
My dad has always loved lemon merinque pie and now at 89 that has not changed.
My dad loves anything grilled. (At 56, he followed his dream and opened a grill/grilling gear shop, which is *insanely* successful four years later…and mostly because he loves what he does and loves sharing it with others!) He taught me to grill, and if we’d been able to see each other on Father’s Day, we would’ve grilled ribeyes, potatoes, and some veggies together.
We’ll do that in July when he and my mom visit for a week.
Dad’s favorite recipe is meatloaf!
My Dad had a sweet tooth and had a chocolate cake that my grandmother, his mother, would make, that had a hardened chocolate fudge icing. Unfortunately, I’ve never been able to find a recipe for a cake like this, and Daddy passed aobut 8 years ago. I got my love of sweets, chocolate specifically from him!
MY DAD LOVES MY COFFE CAKE….
My dad’s favorite is Grilling steaks or hamburgers & publix potato salad on the side.
Flourless chocolate cake!
my dad loves a good steak. he’s not too picky and just about any cut will do.
Breakfast has always been Dad’s favorite thing to make. Growing up, on Saturday mornings, he often made scrambled eggs with lots of cheese and diced ham.
my dad’s favorite recipe are meatballs and sauce, he’s from brooklyn and super italian and it’s pretty much the only thing he makes, they are the best ever
My dad doesn’t cook much at home, but he loves to camp. His favorite recipe is probably anything made over a fire – perhaps a dutch oven cobbler. yum.
My dad loves cashews and I always get him a giant jar for Father’s Day.
My Dad doesn’t go too fancy, but he loves my roasts, my salads, and my grilled foods!
My dad goes crazy for mashed sweet potatoes – just cook and mash them, and whip them with a little cinnamon and maple syrup
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My dad is a definitely meat and potatoes type of guy. I think a good grilled ribeye with some garlic mashers would be his ideal meal any day.
My dad loves banana cream pie. He’ll eat the pudding variety, but I like to make him one from scratch on special days. He also likes any type of pina-colada styled desserts.
My dad loved any type of Polish food.
My Dad’s favorite recipe is a recipe he calls “pete-n-choos” which is a not too sweet pastry that gets rolled up to look like the most large cinnamon roll mountain of deliciousness ever.
My dad’s favorite is abalone steak.
My pops loves homemade ice cream with all kinds of mix-ins!
My dad rarely cooks [aside from grilling], let alone bakes…but every once in a while when we were little he would make oatmeal molasses cookies. It was strange that he would just decide to make them one day, but they were so delicious!
I don’t know the recipe since I don’t like them, but my dad always liked collard greens.
My dad had eight kids. Every once in a great while, he would make us pancakes. He would never just make pancakes. He made pancakes in the shapes of our initials. It was amazing. He could read stories with different voices for each character, and remember the same voices each time he read. That was amazing, too.
Thanks for jogging my memory banks about my Dad and his favorite recipe. My dad LOVED to cook on the Weber and made the most amazing 24 Hour Marinated Flank Steak. I lived with my Dad after my parent’s divorced and he did his best to be a good father to me. I love my Dad! Need to ask him for that recipe for sure!
My dad makes the best jambalaya.
My dad used to make the best, best malts. I miss him very much.
Fathers Day has always been a hard holiday for me personally, but Thank Goodness for the men in this world that step up to be father figures even when they don’t have to. The best “fathers day” memory for me was with my father figure, and he took me crabbing and fishing for the afternoon. We brought back our bounty, made a delicious meal of stuffed flounder and fresh vegetables, and remembering that day always makes me remember to always be thankful for those who surround me and give me love. Thank You Always Tim!!
My Dad’s favorite recipe is for beef stew. He adds linguica to it, which is a nod to his Portuguese heritage. Yum!
My Dad’s favorite recipe is for beans and greens with cornbread.
My dad’s favorite thing to eat is any kind of pasta with mushrooms in it. He seems to think they’re mandatory in every pasta dish lol
My dad’s favorite recipe was for osso bucco
My dad loves cheesecake. That was my gift to him this year. I made it and surprised him. He loved it and I knew that was the best gift I could give him.
My dad makes the best steaks on the grill. Well, actually, he makes the best everything on the grill
The marinade recipes that he’s create are delicious!!
My dad’s favorite dessert is cherry pie. Homemade of course.
My dad always loved my weird kitchen experiments, especially my butter chicken (the Indian one!)
My dad is our own personal pit master…he makes the best ribs I’ve ever had. It’s so fun having a father to cook with!
My dad was the cook at my house so I have a lot of favorites…. but I would have to say his country style ribs…. that and his shaved iced Arnold Palmers….. YUM!
My dad used to make the best soup beans using a leftover ham bone, dry beans and some dad-magic! Mmmmm.
My Dad loves his Mom’s chocolate chip cookies – which I recently found out, are from the recipe on the back of the chocolate chip bag!
My dad loves a salmon dish thats topped with spinach, crab meat, and a bunch of other yumminess!
My dad passed away a number of years ago but my fondest cooking memory is of him making homemade kielbasa. It was always the most amazing kielbasa in the world and the year after he suddenly passed away the family realized that he had never told anyone the recipe!
My brothers and I still try to re create it and compare notes to see how we’re doing.
I don’t know if it’s my father’s favorite, or just our favorite thing that Dad cooked (he was the main cook in our family). He made a Thai dish that we called “Sumsong meal” after the friend of the family who taught him to make it. It was a stir fry dish with strips of beef, bamboo shoots, peppers, onions, and tomato.
My dad’s favorite recipe is coconut cream pie. That’s always his request each year for Father’s Day. YUM!
Meat, potatoes and a vegetable – very Irish and midwestern!
My dad’s favorite recipe is for braciole. Yum!
My Dad passed away 6 years ago but his favorite dish was spaghetti and meatballs.
My grandfather’s favorite recipe was anything his wife, my grandmother, cooked. But I do remember his eagerly polishing off her infamous apple strudel, kolache and plum cake. All to die for!
My dad died when I was 12 but I remember him always loving breakfast for dinner.
I have fond memories of strawberry picking with my dad on Father’s Day, and of course barbecuing!
I’ve never lived with my dad because he lives in Korea to work. As a result, I have no idea what his food favorites are, but he always enjoys eating whatever I want to eat! LOL I’m such a bad daughter.
My dad is seriously a terrible cook, but he always ate whatever i made him. Even the nasty stuff from my easy bake oven. He’s the best.
My dad loves chocolate chip cookies!
My dad loves my mom’s beef cabbage stew. I kind of like it myself too!
My dad’s favorite recipe was my grandmother’s macaroni and cheese.
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My family loves to barbecue on Father’s Day, which always brings good memories.
My dad’s favorite recipe is my Grandmother’s homemade macaroni and cheese. It is the best I have ever had. He makes it every thanksgiving and christmas eve dinner and I look forward to it every year. He gave me the recipe but I am not sure I could make it half as good as he does.
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