Upstairs, Downstairs
(by Carolyn Swartz) When an extended family lives under the same roof, the maternal figure we most fondly remember can leapfrog a...
Mincemeat and Memories
(by Dawn Levitt) In my earliest memories of my mother, she did not cook. One such memory involves a can of cream of mushroom soup. When I...
Latke Love
(by Elizabeth Cohen and Aviva Lilith) Some dishes come with tasks easily divided among generations and between family members. For...
A Warm Slice of Solace
(by Laura Zinn Fromm) I was feeling somewhat glum about the end of summer, and did what I often do when I’m out of sorts—looked for...
The Can Game
(by Susan Ostrov Weisser) When I was a child and no one was around—maybe a babysitting older brother available for dire emergencies but...
Packing Her Bags and Passing the Spatula
(by Kathryn Louise Wood) “When Mama moves to Wilson.” That had been our family’s euphemism for when our mother would die and be buried...
