Adam’s dad Lenny is a great cook. It blew my mind when I first visited Paula and Lenny in Houston because growing up, the kitchen was mom’s domain and at the Holzband’s, it’s most definitely “Lenny’s Kitchen.” As you may have read in Adam’s post, Lenny would prepare holiday meals for dozens, brunches for Adam and his friends, and quick chicken roasts for neighbors going through a rough patch.
Next time I’m sick, I’ll be asking Adam to cook me up some Gogol Mogol after reading about Lenny’s Bubbes’ recipe below. …

Anyone who has spent time with Adam knows immediately that he is passionate about food and cooking. We love grocery shopping, cooking, and eating together and I’m so lucky to share this adventure in life and food with him. He is a wonderful storyteller and I hope this is one of many guest blog posts to come.

Adam H. – Born in 1975 (grandson of Sylvia and Bessie; son of Paula and Lenny; boyfriend of Jodi)
If you were given a dollar to …

Since Sylvia’s “life in food” kind of left off with Paula’s birth, it seemed to make sense to move to Paula’s stories next. Like the sweet and selfless mother that she is, when I asked her for old photos, she sent LOTS of her son Adam, but few of herself.
Paula H. – Born in 1948 (Sylvia’s daughter, Lenny’s wife, Adam’s mother)
If you were given a dollar to buy treats when you were a kid, what would you buy?
Don’t remember being given a dollar to buy treats, but if I did, …

As you may know if you have been keeping tabs, I started a series called “Questions on Your Life in Food” last week with my family and am continuing this week with Adam’s family.
We recently spent a weekend in Tulsa, OK with his maternal grandmother, Sylvia (AKA Grandma), where I interviewed her about some of these questions. Others, she answered in an e-mail until she had to sign off to head out to her poker game with the ladies.
Sylvia O. – Born in 1922 (mother of Paula, grandmother of Adam)
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This past weekend, Adam and I visited his grandmother Sylvia in Tulsa, Oklahoma. One of the things I loved most about the trip was hearing more about Adam’s family history — and eating at places that Sylvia had loved for years. This included Goldie’s Patio (1961) and Braum’s Ice Cream (1968). We also visited Hideaway (1957), a childhood favorite of Apron Adventures‘ Lindsay.
All of that vintage eating activity made me think about restaurants in Austin that have stood the test of time. The ones that popped into my head include Scholz Garden …