[BONUS] My Family Recipe: Motherhood & Chocolate Cake

from Burnt Toast · host Arati Menon, Food52, Heritage Radio Network, Lisa Ruland

First up: A food writer's reflection on loss and grief—and the untold power of a mother-knows-best birthday cake."I think food can serve so many important functions, specifically in grief. It is a way to nourish us, physically nourish us, at a time when we are just feeling so weak and so sad and so, maybe incapable of nourishing ourselves well." —Lisa RulandReferenced in this episode:A Chocolate Cake That Celebrates Mothers—Lost & Found (Food52)Chocolate Cake with Whipped Cream Frosting recipeFind more My Family Recipe episodes here.

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