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(by Kasturi Rout) Now I will tell you one story of my life. I had a boyfriend. One early morning, my mother came to me and said, “Listen,...

(by Kasturi Rout) Panipuri is a popular street-food snack—a deep-fried flatbread with a savory filling. For puri (flatbread): 1 c....

(by Elizabeth Aaron) 5 medium potatoes 1 small onion 1 large egg, beaten 2 T. flour salt, to taste 1 T. vegetable oil Preheat oven to 325...

(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...

(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,...

(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...

(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...

(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...

(by Ursula James) My mother, my namesake, was born in Berlin in 1920. The family lived very near the Schloss Sanssouci in Potsdam, built...

(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;...

(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...

(by Nicola MacCallum) (adapted from Sainsbury's Magazine) 6 medium eggs 1 t. vanilla extract 1 1/4 c. golden caster, demerara, or...

(by Judy Bolton-Fasman) I tried to recreate my mother’s picadillo recipe from memory and scribbled it down for my friend Brenda. The...

(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,...

(by Aimee Lee Ball) My mother was brought up in a Jewish family, and absolutely considered herself a Jewish woman, but she had an...

(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...

(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...

(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...

(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...

(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...