Opinion
Lost loved ones live on in the kitchen
Home baking connected me to my late mother and grandmother and invited a softening of my feelings towards them, writes Beth Amato
09 May 2021 - 00:00
My maternal grandmother's biscuits are what I remember most about her. She said it was the syrup in her recipe that made her cookies delicious. Every time my mother went back to boarding school after the school holidays, she'd be given a tin of biscuits. This was the way my granny showed love — by baking...
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