Eat, Darling, Eat 

(by Tayla Shepard) It’s a late Sunday afternoon when I arrive back at my brother’s house, where I am house-sitting. I’ve just come from...

(by Nasrin Rejali) Little did my parents understand when they gave me my name that it would be a predictor of my life. Nasrin means “wild...

(by Marian Leah Knapp) Author's reading My mother, Anne, was quite young when her mother, Minnie, stopped taking care of her. A Jewish...

(by Vasilika “Vanya” Marinkovic) Author's reading My mother, a full-blooded Greek born in Athens, inadvertently instilled in my siblings...

(by Sondra Slade) Author's reading A few years ago at a family function, my mom and I were reminiscing over something one of our...

(by Julia Tagliere) Author's reading I am the heiress apparent of a grand tradition in my family: the eternal optimism of the hopeful...

(by Aimee Lee Ball) Author's reading The modest circumstances of my family did not lend themselves to foreign travel. We had a...

(by Monica Bouvier) Author's reading As far back as I can remember, our house in Anchorage, Alaska, was where family and friends flocked...

(by E. Jonus) Author's reading It felt like we had the world’s smallest family. I was always envious of spirited, plentiful clans dining...

(by Annette Cade) Living in California, I am fortunate to have my family close by, but at times it can be a struggle, especially with...

(by Tsara Shelton) Author's reading I am not a foodie. I'm not much interested in food, particularly not how food tastes, or how it's...

(by Diana Szabo) Author's reading I don't hate food; I love food. But I don't like eating in front of other people. It stresses me out; I...

(by Mandy B. Fernandez) Author's reading What’s that growling noise? Is it a beast? A loose tiger? One might guess that two animals are...

(by Clara Park) Author's reading I was that weird kid who watched PBS cooking shows instead of playing outside. I got yelled at for...

(by Catherine Gigante-Brown) Author's reading There was nothing fancy about my mother’s Brooklyn kitchen or her white enamel Welbilt...