The Books

One day years before she died, my mom handed me a brown paper bag that I assumed was "giveaway", and said "Do you want these?”

I peeked inside, finding the familiar colorful checkers of her cookbooks.

“DO I WANT THOSE!?!?!!”

The Frito Salad

So it turns out there is no Frito Salad recipe in the salad book.

What got me excited about it was the memory of having REAL snack food at dinner. You see, we weren’t allowed to eat real snacks and as a kid it was the most depriving thing in the world. We were the kids with no fun food at their house.

Starving after school? Have some carrots. An apple would be fine,. Some celery with peanut butter would stick to our ribs, and well, you know, celery has snack-crunch.

The Books

One day years before she died, my mom handed me a brown paper bag that I assumed was "giveaway", and said "Do you want these?”

I peeked inside, finding the familiar colorful checkers of her cookbooks.

“DO I WANT THOSE!?!?!!”