“Food could do that. It could tell stories. Not just cuisines or component parts, but histories – of the people who’d prepared the dishes, the way they evolved them over time, the way they made them theirs. Leaving behind a recipe was a way to be remembered and savored and loved even after you were gone. A way to live forever.”

“Food could do that. It could tell stories. Not just cuisines or component parts, but histories – of the people who’d prepared the dishes, the way they evolved them over time, the way they made them theirs. Leaving behind a recipe was a way to be remembered and savored and loved even after you were gone. A way to live forever.”

— Daria Lavelle