Ode to a Cook Book
November 29th, 2008 . by Joyce
My daughter Laura took some photos of our Thanksgiving preparations, including this of one of my old cook books, an insert included many years ago in our local newspaper. The recipe I was turned to, for Broccoli Salad, is one I know by heart, but I just enjoy getting out the old cook book. Laura remarked on how browned with age the pages are, so I got to thinking about why I love the old book, and wrote a Tanka about it:
Worn and discolored
Pages of this old cook book
Remind me of meals
Prepared with love, served with joy.
Precious mem’ries tucked within.
Lovely! I’m with you … and wouldn’t part with my old cookbooks even though I don’t use them much any longer.
Hugs and blessings,
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