Eat, Darling, Eat 

(by Victoria Davison) 1 T. vegetable oil 1 onion, peeled and chopped 1 lb. ground beef salt and pepper, to taste 1 c. self-rising flour 5...

(by Candace Bell) "Who threw away my pots and pans?" Bam! Bam! Bam! It was the sound of my mother banging on the doors of our bedrooms,...

(by Candace Bell) 1/2 c. flour 1 c. yellow cornmeal 1 t. salt 1 t. pepper 1 t. onion powder 1 lb. catfish fillets 1 t. hot sauce...

(by Lillian Yates Duggan) Dented metal bowls are scattered across the fading brown countertop. Snowy flour decorates its useful plane....

(by Lillian Yates Duggan) 1 c. dry cottage cheese 2 egg yolks 2 t. butter pinch of salt 1 c. flour 1 egg 1/4 t. salt about 4 T. cold...

(by Niya Nolting) 1st Verse Feelin’ down. Feelin’ low. Got nowhere, nowhere to go. Future looks bright but the night has taken its toll....

(by Niya Nolting) 1/2 c. celery, chopped 1/2 c. onion, chopped 1 lb. chicken, cut into pieces 1 lb. spaghetti 2 cans (10 1/2 oz. each)...

(by Lesley Martin) It wasn’t the quintessential English Christmas dinner that took pride of place in my mother’s handwritten recipe book,...

(by Lesley Martin) chopped onions, to taste minced garlic, to taste a dollop of butter enough minced beef to feed the number of mouths at...

(by Esme Michaela) 1 – 2 T. olive oil 1 small onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped or crushed 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped big handful...

(by Mary McTigue) My mother never encouraged me or any of my six siblings to eat. She wasn’t the type. My first memory of being at the...

(by Kate Klein) The three of us stand in our narrow kitchen with blue and white wallpaper. The girls are tip-toe on chairs, holding...

(by Kate Klein) (adapted from the book Mother Rising) 1 c. golden raisins (I like to mix dried cherries in too) 1 c. butter, melted (can...

(by Alice Lowe) My mother was brought up in an Orthodox Jewish household. When she left her mother’s kosher kitchen, she rejected its...

(by Alice Lowe) 1 lb. shrimp (Rock or Gulf shrimp preferred), peeled and deveined 2 T. butter 1 T. olive oil 3 cloves garlic, pressed or...

(by Vanessa Stirling) My childhood as the daughter of a geophysicist in the oil industry covered four continents and ____ countries. I...

(by Vanessa Stirling) a pound or so of ground beef an onion if you have one; if not, chalk it up to experience Dice the onion and begin...

(by Michelle Cacho-Negrete) My mother was a woman who never hugged or kissed my brother and me and never said, “I love you.” The words...

(by Michelle Cacho-Negrete) 2 eggs 2 T. heavy cream or evaporated milk pinch each of salt, pepper, and dill (fresh, if possible) 2 T....

(by Ebony Dodson) My momma always told me not to do drugs. "Everyone is going to move on but you,” she said. “They'll get clean and move...