Packing Her Bags and Passing the Spatula
(by Kathryn Louise Wood) “When Mama moves to Wilson.” That had been our family’s euphemism for when our mother would die and be buried...
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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
Oct 16
Juice or Soup
(by Charlotte Adamis) The very first dinner my 25-year-old mother made for the man who would become her second husband, a widower nearly...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Oct 2
Passing the Ball
(by Crystal Bennett) A one-woman show making everything happen—that’s my mom. When my brother and I were growing up in Westchester...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Sep 21
Her Hands
(by Barbara Sapienza) She squeezed the meat through her fingers. They glistened. The yellow of the yolk slid through—knew just where the...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Sep 7
Missing Chocolate Mousse
(by Debbie Weiss) My mother, Thalia, was tall and curvy with auburn hair, green eyes, and an innate sense of style. I can still remember...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Aug 23
Walking Through the Layers
(by Karin Clark and Patti Clark) The fragrant scent of rosemary and simmered short ribs wafted from the kitchen, assuring us that we...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Aug 9
Who’s Milkin’ This Cow?
(by Dorette E. Snover) Although I wasn’t actually born in the Reading, Pennsylvania, kitchen of my Pennsylvania Dutch family, I did grow...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Jul 26
Mayta Gravy
(by Susan McNabb) “Where did those come from?” my mother asked, seemingly astonished that someone had sent a dozen glorious Sonia roses...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Jul 8
A Good Girl
(by Stephanie Chambers) My mother did not like to cook. Which was unfortunate because she was actually very good at it—particularly the...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Jun 21
The Party
(by Elizabeth Anderson) It is October of 1980, and my two college roommates and I are hosting a party in our new apartment on West 13th...
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Jun 5
Steak Tartare
(by Rachel Cline) One day, when I was 11 or so, I encountered a crafts fair in Greenwich Village. I guess I was out with Patti, the...
Eat, Darling, Eat
May 24
Tomato Soup for the Soul
(by Ilene S. Goldman) I stopped the spoon halfway to my mouth and stared. “What’s wrong?” Philippe asked. After the good news we’d...
Eat, Darling, Eat
May 9
Entertaining Fish
(by Leslie Dannin Rosenthal) “In the dishwasher?” “Yes, in the top rack.” “I don’t get it. Even if you wrap it really well, won’t the...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Apr 23
The Farmer's Wife
(by Lisa Cohen) I grew up on a chicken farm in New Jersey, with parents who were a part of the Jewish migration from the city back to the...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Apr 12
A Tale of Two Gołąbki
(by Laurel DiGangi) Whenever I ate dinner at my paternal grandmother’s home, I secretly wished I was eating my mother’s Polish food...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Mar 29
On Those Ice Cream-Making Days
(by Celeste Miller) In the early 1920s, my maternal grandmother, who had married my grandfather at 17, began traveling from their home in...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Mar 8
The Light of 1000 Suns
(by Lally Pia) I think the sky would fall down if my mother stopped cooking. Let me back up. My parents are Tamils and in the minority...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Feb 16
You Don’t Need to Know
(by Terri Sutton) My parents’ origin story could have been a Hallmark movie. They met in a textile factory in 1945; World War II loomed...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Feb 2
The Comfort of Carrots
(by Brigit Binns) Once, I was saved by the sight of some diced carrots. The phone rang on a Tuesday after a three-day weekend: “Your...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Jan 19
Where’s My Knife?
(by Lisa S. Greene) “Where’s my knife?” she asks. Mom sits in her wheelchair at the head of the white butcher block table, wearing a...
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