The article reflects on the deep connection between food and family heritage, particularly focusing on Iraqi Jewish recipes that symbolize the author's roots. The author's family emigrated from Iraq, taking cherished items like rolling pins and carrying recipes as a vital link to their past. Cooking together became a cherished activity, preserving traditions. The author expresses nostalgia for Iraqi delicacies such as tabbouleh and ingriyi, hoping to share these dishes with her son and keep their culture alive through food. This narrative reveals the intersections of memory, identity, and culinary traditions in a diaspora experience.
"Having used the rolling pins, I think they were right. We didn't just eat together but often cooked together, too."
"I grew up homesick for a place I've never been to. We didn't have much from Iraq, but we did have the recipes, which we clung to like a life raft."
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