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Today I'm thinking about my mother, who raised ten kids and made a hot breakfast for us every school day, and I'm wondering how she did it. Even though I'm not a mother, I'm smart enough to realize it's one of the most demanding jobs of all. Mothers feed their children in so many ways, and as I've been reading my favorite food blogs this week, I've been finding a lot of food related memories of mothers all over the world.
First, a post from India by Usha at Agelessbonding, who finds the reason that many people prefer the foods of their childhood over all others. Don't miss this moving essay, called It's Mother's Day at Every Meal. (Thanks to Nandita from Saffron Trail, who pointed me to this in her Happy Mother's Day message.)
The photos are wonderful in the post where Brandon of Brandon Eats remembers growing up in the sixties with an American mother who taught her to love Swedish Meatballs.
In Canada, Brilynn of Jumbo Empanadas can't visit her mother on Mother's Day, so she's wishing her Happy Mother's Day by blog and thinking of all the ways her mother has nourished her.
In San Francisco, Anita of Married with Dinner shares her recipe for Cobb Salad, and remembers how she and her mother are "equally neurotic about un-tossed salads."
In Italy, Ilva at Lucullian Delights dedicates her recipe for Cheese and Radish Sandwich to her Swedish mother and Julia Ward Lowe, the woman who started Mother's Day with her Mother's Day Proclamation. (Don't miss reading the proclamation if you haven't seen it, and thanks to Ilva for introducing me to this amazing woman.)
Peter from Kalofagas in Toronto makes Eggs Benedict for his Mother and discovers they come with a side dish of Greek Guilt.
In Dallas, motherhood is definitely on the mind of Tanna from My Kitchen in Half Cups who asks, "Have you ever taken an unintentional break from your blog and then not been able to get back?" Tanna has discovered that Time is Slippery, but some things are much more important than writing a food blog.
Finally, in Rhode Island Lydia from The Perfect Pantry is remembering Mothers and helping others at the same time when she sponsors a Drop in and Decorate Cookies for Mother's Day. An enthusiastic group of people met at Lydia's house last week to decorate cookies, which were then donated to a local women's shelter. Lydia has been holding Drop In and Decorate parties for a while now, and she's creating a site with details about you can sponsor a Drop In and Decorate party of your own.
Blogher Food Editor Kalyn Denny also blogs at Kalyn's Kitchen, and today she's Remembering her Mother.
