Milk and Honey
(by Gabriele Schafer) Of the handful of stories from her childhood during World War II Germany, there are only three that my mother has...
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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 4, 2018
Say What?
(by Natasha Lewis-Clark) I was in our kitchen, in Fort Irwin, California, making a fabulous dinner, and talking on the phone with my...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Oct 1, 2018
Understood
(by Daniela Paiva) I come from a long line of fantastic cooks, including great-grandmother, mother, and aunt. New family members have...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Sep 27, 2018
Like Peg and Kelly Bundy
(by Karen Stanion) When I moved out of my parents’ house, I may have been the only 22-year-old eager to spend more time in the kitchen....
Eat, Darling, Eat
Sep 24, 2018
A Breakfast of Brown
(by Sonia Kirpalani) Misery loves company, and you can never trust an addict. These are two lessons I learned the hard way, lessons that...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Sep 20, 2018
Little White Lies
(by Shauna Bloom) Dinner was a stable ritual in my childhood home in southern California. We ate together as a family of four—meals that...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Sep 17, 2018
It's Complicated
(by Michelle Scott) My relationship with my mom is fairly similar to my relationship with food: It’s complicated. I am short. I’m not...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Sep 13, 2018
Parched
(by Heather Leary) I don't immediately associate my mother with food, although it was a prevalent part of our lives, primarily because we...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Sep 10, 2018
A Woman's Place
(by Monique Magpayo) My mother still does not know how to cook—she doesn’t have to because my dad does. My father learned how to cook...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Sep 4, 2018
Dinner For Two
(by Molly Deegan) We went out to eat Italian. Just me and mum. Mum and me. Alone! I was 12 years old and had never been out to dinner...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Aug 30, 2018
The Presence of the Past
(by Denise Browning) My parents and grandparents were all born in Brazil and grew up there, as did I. But my children were born and have...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Aug 27, 2018
Shelter
(by Leeane Melendez Schoener) Stability was never a part of my childhood with my mother and sister. I moved from place to place, unsure...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Aug 23, 2018
Tastes Like Love
(by Alana Ballantyne) My mom was gifted in many arenas of life. She was funny. She was smart. She could build a toothpick suspension...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Aug 20, 2018
Cujones and Cannolis
(by Clare Paternoster Lowell) My mom had balls. Cujones, as we’d say on street corners. She feared no one. Not even my father, whose...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Aug 16, 2018
Famished
(by Suzanne Hollo) When I was six months old, my mother packed up what few belongings we had and left my father. She always did what was...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Aug 13, 2018
Letting Go
(by Rhonda Gibson) “I’m a vegan now, Mawmu.” I drew in a long breath as I crossed the border from Texas into Louisiana. I was on a road...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Aug 9, 2018
Tea For Two
(by Ariane Malia Reinhart) When I was growing up in New York City, my mom gave me the children’s book Eloise, about a little girl who...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Aug 6, 2018
Chaos Theory
(by Renee Irvin) My brother and I started out like most baby boomers, in a neighborhood full of kids, with family all around. We lived in...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Aug 2, 2018
Out of the Shadows
(by Pilar Carling) No one can leave a lifetime of love. My mother’s presence is etched into my very being by all her kindnesses, both...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Jul 30, 2018
Anything For Love
(by Wasina Rukvichai) My family got lost for a while after my father passed away, when my sister and I were quite young. Cooking was his...
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