Turned Tables
(by Elizabeth Aaron) “Hi, Mom. Guess who?” That’s how I greeted my mom on our phone calls as we sheltered in place during the Covid-19...
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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
- May 11, 2022
Let Them Eat Cake
(by Kresha Richman Warnock) I’m the adult who still won’t open the package of Girl Scout Thin Mints unless I can give most of them away,...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- May 11, 2022
Birthday Cake
(by Kresha Richman Warnock) 2 oz. unsweetened chocolate 1/3 c. butter 1/2 c. boiling water 1 c. sugar 1 c. unsifted flour 3/4 t. baking...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- May 6, 2022
Innocence
(by Beatrice Fernando) She is sitting at her desk, hair falling down to her waist She goes into a trans lost in a fairy tale Rainbow...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- May 6, 2022
Dhal Curry
(by Beatrice Fernando) 2 c. red lentils (masoor dhal) 1 T. coconut oil 1/2 onion, minced 3 cloves garlic, minced optional: 6 curry leaves...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- May 2, 2022
Clutching Life
(by Ursula James) My mother, my namesake, was born in Berlin in 1920. The family lived very near the Schloss Sanssouci in Potsdam, built...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- May 2, 2022
German Borscht
(by Ursula James) (My mother cooked from memory and a method of tasting and sniffing the brew until her nose and taste buds said Ahhhhh;...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Apr 27, 2022
The Maternal Bungee Cord
(by Nicola MacCallum) Lockdown What's lockdown When you feel like your life has been one long one It’s depression It was It is But I'm...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Apr 27, 2022
Black Forest Gâteau
(by Nicola MacCallum) (adapted from Sainsbury's Magazine) 6 medium eggs 1 t. vanilla extract 1 1/4 c. golden caster, demerara, or...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Apr 20, 2022
Course Correction
(by Judy Bolton-Fasman) I tried to recreate my mother’s picadillo recipe from memory and scribbled it down for my friend Brenda. The...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Apr 19, 2022
Picadillo
(by Judy Bolton-Fasman) 2 T. olive oil 2 big onions (about the size of a baseball), chopped into thumbnail-sized pieces 2 red peppers,...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Apr 17, 2022
Holy Water
(by Aimee Lee Ball) My mother was brought up in a Jewish family, and absolutely considered herself a Jewish woman, but she had an...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Apr 17, 2022
Potato-Cabbage Pierogies
(by Aimee Lee Ball) (adapted from Fine Cooking) For dough: 3 1/2 c. all-purpose flour, plus additional for dusting 3 large eggs, beaten 2...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Apr 12, 2022
Gefilte Fish and Ham
(by May Kesler) My mother asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was ten or eleven, chestnut curls draping my face as I further...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Apr 12, 2022
Swedish Meatballs
(by May Kesler) (adapted from The New York Times Cook Book) 2 T. butter, plus additional for frying 3 T. minced onion 1 c. fresh bread...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Apr 8, 2022
Chitlins and Hog Head Cheese
(by Starla Heinz) My mother was born and raised in Mississippi in the 1930s. Not a good place for a Black woman who didn’t pass the paper...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Apr 8, 2022
Cornbread
(by Starla Heinz) 1 c. yellow cornmeal 2/3 c. granulated sugar 1 t. salt 3 1/2 t. baking powder 1/3 c. neutral oil or melted butter, plus...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Apr 4, 2022
Navy Bean Special
(by Catherine Gigante-Brown) When you lose your mom at an early age—I was 34; she was 58—at some point in the years that follow, you...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Apr 4, 2022
Navy Bean Soup
(by Catherine Gigante-Brown) (This is a very rustic, forgiving recipe. Feel free to substitute or add any herbs you like. I once used a...
Eat, Darling, Eat
- Mar 30, 2022
Violins and Chili Peppers
(by Lin Gothoni) My mother is from Szechuan, China, arguably one of the spiciest kitchens in the world. When she moved to Germany in the...
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