when I see the devastation on the news, I immediately think of all that is lost:
pictures, keepsakes, clothing, furniture, even beloved pets.
But, today, while making a favorite banana bread recipe, I thought of something I had never thought of before;
the loss of treasured recipes.
You know, the ones not in a commercial cookbook.
The ones from grandmothers, mother, friends, sisters-in-law (that you are no longer speaking to, but whose recipe for chicken dumplings is the best in the world), newspapers, magazines clipped out from years ago.
These are the recipes that are stained with food splatters from years and years of being used again and again. These are the ones that your family remembers fondly and asks for when they visit.
These are the recipes that are irreplaceable.
It's a minor thing in a catastrophe, but food is comfort and who needs it more than during a disaster?
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