This weekend marks the one year anniversary of the largest single day protest in US history—the Women’s March—when on January 21, 2017, 4.2 million people marched across the US in more than 600 US …
From Latvia to Cape Cod, edible mushrooms grow wild on the forest floor, coveted by savvy cooks, who scoop them up for dishes like Yulia’s mushroom casserole (below). Chanterelles and boletus mushrooms …
While teaching English as a second language in Boston, Lynne Christy Anderson found that for her students, immigrants from many different backgrounds, food was common ground. “It’s this way to remain connected …
Lynne Christy Anderson, author of Breaking Bread: Recipes and Stories from Immigrant Kitchens, shares the story behind a recipe for kou kou sabzi, a Persian dish with eggs, spinach, saffron, and garden …
This Sunday, fireworks will light up the sky and grills across the country will sizzle and smoke. Every family has its traditional Fourth of July feast, from burgers and barbecued chicken to …
In honor of Father’s Day on June 20, Lynne Christy Anderson shares a recipe for Salvadoran quesadilla, from her book Breaking Bread: Recipes and Stories from Immigrant Kitchens, and shares memories of …
Whether it’s your mother’s pot roast, your father’s green bean casserole or your grandmother’s tamales, food, family and memory are utterly enmeshed. “We all have one particular food so wedded to our …
In Breaking Bread, Lynne Christy Anderson visits the kitchens of people who have come to the U.S. from other countries, and explores how special dishes, shared meals, and culinary traditions connect people …