The importance of recipe sharing

 I just don’t know if one week runs into the next. We had a great time feeding the community at the senior center this week. After cooking the 17 turkeys and making tons of mashed potatoes, I just wanted a quiet evening at home with Sharon and the New Orleans Saints beating Atlanta. 

 The carb overload for Thanksgiving had me longing for some simpler food on the weekend.  With a small piece of salmon that my friend Susan gave us, Sharon called her family in Hawaii for a good recipe.

 Recipes are so involved in our lives. If you live in Italy, recipes are handed down from generation to generation, and children cook alongside their grandmothers, who express their love to their family in a dish. It is purely a cultural thing. Food is so synonymous with family life. Besides photos, recipes are the No. 2 item passed down in a family.  

 Think of all the family recipes involved in a holiday meal. We just had Thanksgiving, and just in conversations with my own siblings remembering how our mother did the ham is a big point of contention.  

 Recalling our history through food is a huge part of who we are and what we will teach in the future. My granddaughter Kaylee is figuring out this cooking thing and trying to leave her mark on her family with new recipes.   

 Is there a certain food you look forward to when you get home? I know a lot of the young people that go off to college, when they get home to Weiser one of their first stops is the candy store. Do you have a powerful taste memory that just feels like home no matter where you are?  

 Julia Child once wrote that “dining with one’s friends and beloved family is certainly one of life’s primal and most innocent delights, one that is both soul-satisfying and eternal.”   

 This week’s recipe will be added to list of something to pass down. It comes from Nancy Uyeno, who is a friend of Sharon’s parents. 

Furikake Salmon