"I am looking for a copy of a vermouth pork chop recipe that my mother prepared a few times when I was growing up. Pork chops were seasoned with rosemary and sage, sautéed in a pan, and vermouth was added to the pan at some point. I recall the recipe being in one of the color sections from the weekend paper."

Peggy Ottersbach of St. Louis

Alma Suchan of Ballwin and Betty Lauth of St. Charles provided copies of the recipe. Dry white wine can stand in for the vermouth.

Maggie Hauser provided a similar recipe, which we will forward to Ottersbach.



And now, more requests:

— Pam Schaeffer of Grover is looking for a recipe for stuffed cabbage that probably was printed in the Post-Dispatch in the late 1970s or 1980s. "I don't recall the stuffing inside the cabbage — almost surely rice; quite possibly some meat — but I definitely remember the sauce," she wrote. "It was made with tomatoes (either diced or a tomato sauce, probably from a can), brown sugar and sour cream."

— "I need a recipe for chocolate meringue pie," wrote Pauline Montiel of St. Louis.



To request a recipe — Be as specific as possible. Request only one recipe at a time. Include your full name, address and phone number. Send an e-mail to letseat@post-dispatch.com or a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Recipe Exchange, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 900 North Tucker Boulevard, St. Louis, Mo. 63101.

To provide a recipe — Include pan and can sizes, the yield and as many other details as possible; send to the above addresses.