My Mother’s Cookbook: Val’s Refrigerator Rolls, Vernie’s Brunch Casserole, Cherry Pie with Crisco Crust and Danish Puff

Margaret Cullison writes: Mom had always enjoyed her female friends; they mattered even more after my father’s death. Two of them were sisters who never married and lived in their Danish grandparents house. As Mom adapted to being a single woman, her friendship with them deepened.