Eat, Darling, Eat 

(by Laura Sturza) Pick a cookbook from the 1960s or 1970s when my sister Jan and I were growing up in suburban Maryland. Any cookbook....

(by Tsara Shelton) My grandma died recently. Thankfully, it wasn't so recently that Covid-19 had revealed itself to be the scourge it is...

(by Lynette Louise) It was another special day for food and revulsion. A love/hate affair with family and friends. It may have been...

(by Sigal Erez) It was a week before the major coronavirus panic was about to hit. I went to the market, before the lines, before...

(by Gina Daidone) I’ll shamefully confess: I’ve never been one to cook. I find the art of cooking fascinating in many ways, but in...

(by Terilynn Bradshaw) It had been over a year since I saw my three young daughters’ faces, let alone speak to them on the phone. I...

(by Patricia Fieldsteel) My mother had a beef with, well, beef. Her problem was not one of taste, neither was it moral, dietary or...

(by Natasha Sajé) “I starved during World War II.” I heard my mother say this whenever I didn’t eat what was on my plate. She also said,...

(by Margie Goldsmith) My mother was a photographer who studied with Walker Evans, an American photojournalist best known for his work...

(by Bex O'Brian) When I was five years old, my parents took my sisters and me on a day trip out of Montreal to look for land, or perhaps...

(by Lana Te Brugge) At this time of year, I miss my late mother terribly and feel her absence more poignantly. Wow, what a woman! To this...

(by Joy Montgomery) At the beginning of 2020, I found out I was pregnant. My husband and I were thrilled to be adding a third addition to...

(by Evie Hirschhorn) Life with my mother was generally a combat zone for me, but not in the kitchen—the main reason being that Audrey...

(by Cathy Stalder) As the youngest of six children, I was the last one still living at home, and my mother had trouble adapting the...

(by Cathy Alter) That I have no natural instincts toward cooking is my mother's fault. When asked to submit a recipe to the PTA cookbook,...

(by Eleanor May Blackburn) You are comfort, safety and home I wriggled and giggled when my hair you used to comb The lugs and comb caused...

(by Dana Aber-Torres) Engaged, January, 2019: delighted. Married, January 2020: exhausted. Quarantined, March, 2020: scared newlyweds...

(by Esme Michaela) In July, 2019, my mum, living in the United Kingdom, called me in New York for a catch-up. This spontaneous call came...

(by Emily Berry) Charlotte potatoes, or “little potatoes,” as they are known in my house, are always incorporated into the meals my mum...

(by Dian Azorlibu) Mommy Dearest, This is a letter of gratitude For your blunt sense of humor Straightforward one way attitude My...