Peaches & Toast
A Collection of the Bills’ Family Recipes
“The people who give you their food give you their heart.”
— Caesar Chavez
This heartfelt collection is dedicated to Mimi; who has always made every day and every occasion special. True to our Italian heritage, most of our wonderful memories can usually be tied to some incredible meal, dessert or unexpected treat that mom has created for us through the years.
Thank you Mimi, we love you!
Even with the help of this book…you are, and will always be, the envy of all of us in the kitchen.
Dedication
This collection began simply enough in 2017—as an effort to organize our favorite family recipes. As the family’s graphic designer (and permanently tethered to my Mac), it felt natural for me to gather, recreate, and design each recipe into a single book. But in true Bills family fashion, once word spread, the project quickly grew.
Suddenly, everyone had a contribution: a must-include recipe, a favorite story, and of course, the familiar—“Wait, Kim! I have just one more recipe you need to add.”
Three years later, voilà—Peaches & Toast was born. In 2026, this is the revision of that book.
Inside are the recipes we love, a few that may not be favorites but are tradition nonetheless (Pink Pears? Tomato Aspic Salad? Truck Driver Run-off?), and newer additions that reflect how we now cook for our own families and gatherings.
All in all, this collection captures the recipes that have carried us from childhood to today.
~Kiki