Author of upcoming book The Ingredients, founder Sharing the Table food charity, cook, food-lover, Zen enthusiast and author of The Little Zen Companion.
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November 25, 2011 08:47AM
Author and mother in a photo booth, in the mid 1950s.
Cervantes famously said: Hunger is the best sauce. So often what we bring to a meal, emotionally, physically,how we respond to the surroundings, is more important than whats on the plate, as anyone whos ever eaten cheese and apples during a fall hike knows. Its why we love certain restaurants in spite of the food. Its probably why some kids dislike eating at their friends houses.
The first Thanksgiving after my mother died was one of those meals. She died just a few days before Thanksgiving. It was like the keystone being pulled out of an arch, and like lost stones her three survivorshusband, sister, child crashed and tumbled and just kept rolling. We were distraught, anxious, melancholy, giddy. We were like people on speed, who couldnt stop talking and who couldnt sleep. We felt exotic and strangely exhilarated, like travelers on a mysterious voyage, passing through a familiar world that no longer meant very much.
Edith Scott helped bring us back to earth. Edith was my aunts best friend, a tall, smart,
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