A Delicate Balance
(by Ann-Marie Lariccia) In my hometown, sauce is special. Like in many Italian-American kitchens on Sundays, my family in Youngstown,...
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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
May 17, 2018
Small Acts of Sweetness
(by Jessie Oleson Moore) If my mother had been born a little later, she would have been the Queen of Portlandia. She could sew, she could...
Eat, Darling, Eat
May 14, 2018
The Dark Side
(by Isadora Soliman) Any tension between my mother and me was heightened when I decided to turn vegan. In an Egyptian family, this change...
Eat, Darling, Eat
May 7, 2018
The Scotcheroo Lady
(by Marjorie Kouns) Our family should have bought stock in wax paper and aluminum foil—so much was needed for my mom’s countless gifts to...
Eat, Darling, Eat
May 5, 2018
My Two Mommies
(by Anisa Nyell Johnson) Eight different doctors told my mother that she could never have a baby. But her best friend, who was her OB-GYN...
Eat, Darling, Eat
May 4, 2018
Soft in the Center
(by Carrie Sieger) Mom and Dad’s date night, with big sisters babysitting: That was when the best of dinner adventures transpired. Faces...
Meliora Dockery
May 2, 2018
No Appetite
(by Meliora Dockery) The bench on the front porch feels hard and cold, and the chipped paint of the latticework, where roses climb in the...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Apr 30, 2018
Drama Queen
(by Hajer Almosleh) In the summer of 2007, as a Sweet Sixteen birthday present to me, my parents split. And because my mother was, and...
Christine Flowers
Apr 27, 2018
Bel Paese
(by Christine Flowers) I am half Italian, which means I am all Italian except when I’m sleeping. In other words, while I live and breathe...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Apr 25, 2018
Significant Simplicity
(by Serina Bernstein) It is Monday morning, the year is 2003, and the location is Los Angeles, California. George W. Bush is making plans...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Apr 23, 2018
Magic Time
(by Sui Nakashima) When I was a little girl, my mother was rarely at home before dinner during the week; she worked in the office of a...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Apr 20, 2018
Lost—and Found
(by Catherine Valentine Parish) My mother and I have a bond that I am discovering only now as I approach my 27th birthday. As the middle...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Apr 18, 2018
Old Soul
(by Karine Boulianne) Somehow, any arguments with my daughter Kellie-Anne rarely last beyond five minutes of sulking, despite the fact...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Apr 16, 2018
Momisms
(by Linda E. Simon) I was a latchkey kid before the term was in vogue. A first-generation American, my mother, Goldie, skipped two grades...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Apr 13, 2018
Digging Deeper
(by Raj Anderson) Too often, when I reflect on my relationship with my estranged mother, I think about the bad stuff. But it’s true that...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Apr 11, 2018
At Home
(by Anne DeSantis) Starting very early in their childhood, my two daughters and I had a lot of fun in the kitchen. The reason there was...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Apr 8, 2018
The First Hippie
(by Deirdre Towers) My mother Shavaun chalked up my presence to “pantry love.” "It’s not true," I’d protest, a whine that would be met...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Apr 6, 2018
I Could Have Danced All Night
(by Prudence Wright Holmes) Every Sunday after church, my mother makes a big dinner. One of her favorite dishes is City Chicken—cubes of...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Apr 4, 2018
Shirtwaist Dresses and Bedroom Eyes
(by Phyllis Pastore) As a kid, I thought my parents were Lucy and Desi. Seriously. My dad, whose family was from Sicily, wore his hair in...
Eat, Darling, Eat
Apr 2, 2018
Biting the Bullet
(by Kelly Victoria) I stared at the gooey slice of pecan pie of front of me, poking it with my fork. “Kel, is something wrong with the...
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