An Anatomically Correct Easter
(by Lisa DePaulo) My paternal grandmother, Maria Grazia DiPaolo, was, to put it mildly, a piece of work—especially to her...
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A Model DaughterEvie Hirschhorn
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खाओ, डार्लिंग, खाने
Mangia, cara, mangia
吃，親愛的，吃
Coma, querida, coma
食べて、ダーリン、食べて
Jedz, kochanie, jedz
Mothers and Daughters
Voices Past and Present
Stories and Recipes
Eat, Darling, Eat
Mar 26, 2018
Past My Bedtime
(by Gabriella Marie) I could hear Julie Andrews singing, “The hills are alive with the sound of music…” from inside the kitchen, and I...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Mar 22, 2018
Fried Cardboard
(by Margaret Crane) My mother, who almost never cooked, used to treat a holiday meal like a performance—evidence of her prowess at...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Mar 19, 2018
Mermaids
(by ReW STaRR) Friends often pointed out that my house was like the movie Mermaids: Cher was the mom to Wynona Ryder and Christina Ricci,...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Mar 15, 2018
Cheaper By the Half-Dozen
(by Melissa Jeanne Givey) "I know you already talked to Aunt Jeanne" were the first words my mom said to me on 9/11. I'd called to let...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Mar 12, 2018
Layers
(by Christine Celozzi) My mother, my mother, my mother. She’s a complex character with multiple layers, some of which I’ve grown to...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Mar 8, 2018
The Best Thing Since Robert Redford
(by Ann Dunaway) I realized that everyone wasn’t eating “shit on a shingle” for dinner when my best friend’s mother served beef stew in...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Mar 5, 2018
Sunny Side Up
(by Joy Curtis) I was adopted at one month old and am grateful to the parents who raised me. But I always wondered about my birth mother...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Mar 1, 2018
In the Soup
(by Katherine B. Weissman) “Beautiful soup, so rich and green, Waiting in a hot tureen!” —Lewis Carroll I was a chubby pre-teen with...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Feb 26, 2018
Trying Her Best
(by Shirley Beth Newbery) I was still a child myself when I saw my sister being born. The midwife was late, and Dad called me in to fetch...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Feb 22, 2018
The Magician
(by Jennifer Irwin) Everything my mother Ellie did had a certain magical quality to it, but her greatest magic happened when she...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Feb 19, 2018
Rebellious Soup
(by Miriam Babooram) Lentil soup has always been an event in our house. There’s something rebellious and mischievous about it. We don’t...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Feb 14, 2018
Her V-Day Is Also A B-Day
(by Victoria Kertz) “I always wanted her to be a meteorologist,” my mother tells a complete stranger. “Then I could see her on TV.” He...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Feb 11, 2018
Mother Earth
(by Candyce Weir) "Candy! You’re not leaving that dinner table until every last mound of squash is eaten. That came fresh out of the...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Feb 8, 2018
A Woman of Principle
(by Aviva Rosenthal) I was working on a genealogy project for school in the fall of 1980, when my gums began to hurt. I didn’t notice at...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Feb 5, 2018
Fusion
(by Melissa Coton) Early in life, my mum taught me to be grateful for the food we had to eat. She was one of seven children growing up in...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Feb 2, 2018
Quality, Not Quantity
(by Jennifer Leckey) At just over five feet tall, my mother often irreverently referenced the expression “quality, not quantity.” This...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Jan 30, 2018
The Perfectionist
(by Sara Bruno) From a young age, I observed how my mother's everyday life revolved around food. She does not like to cook, and would not...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Jan 26, 2018
Spice of Life
(by Sheila Houlahan) For as long as I can remember, I was very sick. My mother recalls feeding me applesauce and mashed banana, classic...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Jan 23, 2018
You Could Eat Off the Floor
(by Morgan Levine) For as long as I can remember, whenever we went to my grandparents’ home for dinner, my father would encourage us to...
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