Thanks for your many interesting and useful links, deep knowledge of the cookbook publishing world, and the moving essay (and the details of how you got it published). How lucky that your cousin had you and how sad to think how many more gifted, lonely, suffering souls like him there are out there, most without a cousin to love and memorialize them.
Yes, true. Mental health is a difficult topic to write about. So of course I made it about food. Thank you for noticing what a good person Dana was, despite it all.
At last, I've read your essay about your cousin Dana. I'm sorry for all the loss you share here, from your relationship with Dana, to the traditional foods you cooked with him, that you rarely cook for yourself.
I rarely cook the dishes my mother cooked "from scratch", because my life is so different from hers. But lately I find myself thinking about those meals from my childhood memories, and wondering how I so easily abandoned them, and whether there is a place for them in my kitchen after all.
What a heart warming piece.
I paused for a seconds remembering my father’s last moments before he passed away.
Thank you for sharing.
I like it when what I write causes people to recall their own experiences and emotions. In this case, grief. Thank you.
Thanks for your many interesting and useful links, deep knowledge of the cookbook publishing world, and the moving essay (and the details of how you got it published). How lucky that your cousin had you and how sad to think how many more gifted, lonely, suffering souls like him there are out there, most without a cousin to love and memorialize them.
Yes, true. Mental health is a difficult topic to write about. So of course I made it about food. Thank you for noticing what a good person Dana was, despite it all.
Your wonderful article appeared in my newsfeed separately from any of your posts, so that's double impressive to see. Thanks for sharing your process.
My pleasure. I hope it was helpful. I know there are writers who can just dash off things and get published, but I'm not one of them.
There's a lot of great information in this edition - I think it will take me some time to get through all I want to check out...
Congratulations on getting your article published.
Thank you. It took so long!
Re the info, I reached the limit of an email and had to cut it back!
At last, I've read your essay about your cousin Dana. I'm sorry for all the loss you share here, from your relationship with Dana, to the traditional foods you cooked with him, that you rarely cook for yourself.
I rarely cook the dishes my mother cooked "from scratch", because my life is so different from hers. But lately I find myself thinking about those meals from my childhood memories, and wondering how I so easily abandoned them, and whether there is a place for them in my kitchen after all.
Thank you for sharing such a personal story.