We believed in our grandmother's cooking more fervently than we believed in God. Her culinary prowess was one of our family's primal stories, like the cunning of the grandfather I never met, or the single fight of my parents' marriage. We clung to those stories and depended on them to define us. We were the family that chose its battles wisely, and used wit to get out of binds, and loved the food of our matriarch.
Jonathan Safran Foer
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The narrator reflects on the profound impact of their grandmother's cooking, which held greater significance than religious belief. This culinary skill was a cornerstone of family identity, akin to treasured stories about relatives and pivotal moments in their lives. These narratives served as a testament to their family's resilience and ingenuity.

In this context, the family's identity is deeply intertwined with their matriarch's meals, illustrating how food can shape memory and...

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