Apron Strings

In one way or another our mother’s cook­ing is impor­tant. Whether it’s because it was so bad (Woody Allen accused his mom of putting the chicken in the” defla­vorizer”), so won­der­ful, or because so much hap­pened around the food–family fights, fam­ily meals, fam­ily events, etc.

We want to take pause and invite you to share your fore­moms’ food and food sto­ries with us. Read writ­ers’ and thinkers’ reflec­tions on their moms and food, watch the videos shot in the homes of moms and grannys in Toronto and, of course, participate.

Help us build an archive of recipes and sto­ries that cap­ture the vital con­nec­tion between our fore­moms and food that, at their best, nour­ish us body and soul (even when the food has been through the deflavourizer)