Eat, Darling, Eat 

(by Alicia Garey) The orange juice: In the mornings before school, you’d serve me a cup of orange juice before I walked out the door, and...

(by Zilola Melieva) Talking to my mom while cooking is my favorite thing; it even helps to make food more delicious. I am from Tashkent,...

(by Tonia Renee Lee) When I was in junior high school, we had to write a paper about our best friend, and I wrote about my mother. The...

(by Connie Kinsey) My waist-length hair is one of my most distinguishing features, and there have been incidents throughout the years...

(by Jamee Damron-Larsen) I was so lucky to grow up in a beautiful country home in Maryland, one mile from the Pennsylvania border, which...

(by Karen Ferguson) My mom always wanted to protect me from the world, but she wanted control of my life, thinking that sheltering me...

(by Bella Duve) For a period of time, my family and I left our house in Denmark to live in an old mobile home, travelling the roads of...

(by Marilisa Racco) My mother hails from a small town in the hills of Cilento that has a beautiful name, literally: Bellosguardo, which...

(by Janella Kennedy) My mother was always warned not to go into other people’s homes unless it was someone very close to her family, and...

(by LaToya Powell) I can’t remember how old I was when I was finally able to sit at the table. Seems like I was at least ten years old....

(by Annette Foglino) Perhaps like many men, my father always had an eye for beautiful women, and my stepmother, Mary Ruth, was a classic...

(by Mollie O'Hara) I was a rebellious child, and my mom was the general of the house. I tested everyone’s patience quite regularly, but...

(by Beejhy Barhany) I started to walk at the tender age of nine months. My mom always said that I was somebody in a hurry, with many things to do. Her words proved to be true. Today, I’m known as Chef Beejhy Barhany, but Tevletz is the actual name recorded on my official birth documents. In the original Tigrinya language, it means “to be the most successful and accomplished.” So, I always knew what my mother had in mind for me. I was the first-born grandchild of my Ethiopian

(by Megan A. Pastore) Step 1: Put two dozen eggs in a pot of boiling water for two minutes. Remove from heat, and cover for 14. Then...

(by Désirée Willmes) My family is made up of different nationalities, so Christmas was always the culinary highlight when everyone got...

(by Heather West) "I don't have to point out to the women in my audience that those ladies they see before them, both of those ladies...

(by Giulia Asquino) For Italians, food is not only nourishment but a lifestyle. From north to south, there are specialties, secrets, and...

(by Kareen Morrison) “I’m really sorry, but there isn’t a heartbeat anymore. You can get cleaned up and go see your doctor in her...

(by Stephanie Cravens) Usually I could hear the sounds of Moore, Oklahoma, the bustling city where we lived, but this time the crackling...

(by Jenny Tallent and Hannah McKee) Jenny’s story: I was born the day before Mother’s Day, 1961—actually just a few minutes before...