Mama’s Not-So-Little Secret
(by Jo Gonsalves) Several years after Mama had lost her battle with cancer, I was in Los Angeles visiting with her two older sisters,...
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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
食べる、ダーリング、食べる
Jedz, kochanie, jedz
Mothers and Daughters
Voices Past and Present
Stories and Recipes
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Nov 2, 2022
Angie's Lemon Chicken
(by Jo Gonsalves) 1⁄4 c. olive oil splash of white wine juice of 1 lemon 1 lb. chicken thighs, bone in, skin on sea salt, to taste lemon...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Oct 27, 2022
The Mother of All Road Trips
(by Tricia Sullivan) In 2017, freshly graduated with a degree in writing, literature, and publishing from Emerson College, and with no...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Oct 27, 2022
Grated Pumpkin Pie
(by Tricia Sullivan) This pie is a lot of work (almost entirely because of grating the pumpkin), but it’s the absolute best pumpkin pie...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Oct 21, 2022
How It Should Be
(by Victoria Davison) When I think of how a mother and daughter should be, I think of happy time together, learning skills like how to...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Oct 21, 2022
Minced Beef and Dumplings
(by Victoria Davison) 1 T. vegetable oil 1 onion, peeled and chopped 1 lb. ground beef salt and pepper, to taste 1 c. self-rising flour 5...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Oct 17, 2022
When Mom Wasn't Looking
(by Candace Bell) "Who threw away my pots and pans?" Bam! Bam! Bam! It was the sound of my mother banging on the doors of our bedrooms,...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Oct 17, 2022
Fried Catfish
(by Candace Bell) 1/2 c. flour 1 c. yellow cornmeal 1 t. salt 1 t. pepper 1 t. onion powder 1 lb. catfish fillets 1 t. hot sauce...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Oct 13, 2022
Pierogi Palace
(by Lillian Yates Duggan) Dented metal bowls are scattered across the fading brown countertop. Snowy flour decorates its useful plane....
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Oct 13, 2022
Pirohy* (Pierogies with Cheese Filling)
(by Lillian Yates Duggan) 1 c. dry cottage cheese 2 egg yolks 2 t. butter pinch of salt 1 c. flour 1 egg 1/4 t. salt about 4 T. cold...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Oct 9, 2022
Relinquish
(by Niya Nolting) 1st Verse Feelin’ down. Feelin’ low. Got nowhere, nowhere to go. Future looks bright but the night has taken its toll....
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Oct 9, 2022
Chicken Tetrazzini
(by Niya Nolting) 1/2 c. celery, chopped 1/2 c. onion, chopped 1 lb. chicken, cut into pieces 1 lb. spaghetti 2 cans (10 1/2 oz. each)...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Oct 4, 2022
To Die With Dignity
(by Lesley Martin) It wasn’t the quintessential English Christmas dinner that took pride of place in my mother’s handwritten recipe book,...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Oct 4, 2022
Joy Martin’s Spaghetti Bolognese
(by Lesley Martin) chopped onions, to taste minced garlic, to taste a dollop of butter enough minced beef to feed the number of mouths at...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Oct 4, 2022
Spaghetti Bolognese
(by Esme Michaela) 1 – 2 T. olive oil 1 small onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped or crushed 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped big handful...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Sep 28, 2022
The Clean Plate Club
(by Mary McTigue) My mother never encouraged me or any of my six siblings to eat. She wasn’t the type. My first memory of being at the...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Sep 23, 2022
Sweet Mess
(by Kate Klein) The three of us stand in our narrow kitchen with blue and white wallpaper. The girls are tip-toe on chairs, holding...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Sep 23, 2022
Oatmeal Nursing Cookies
(by Kate Klein) (adapted from the book Mother Rising) 1 c. golden raisins (I like to mix dried cherries in too) 1 c. butter, melted (can...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Sep 19, 2022
Lobster Legacy
(by Alice Lowe) My mother was brought up in an Orthodox Jewish household. When she left her mother’s kosher kitchen, she rejected its...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Sep 19, 2022
Rock Shrimp Sauté
(by Alice Lowe) 1 lb. shrimp (Rock or Gulf shrimp preferred), peeled and deveined 2 T. butter 1 T. olive oil 3 cloves garlic, pressed or...
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