1 . What are the foods that you can only taste in memories? Your mother’s biscuits? The pies you made as a child? And what are the recipes that help you_________  your memories? 

This morning, for the first time in over a year, I made Dutch Babies, a kind of pancake. I’m a poor cook who’s always _________ to pull anything out of the oven that isn’t burnt. But _________ , I get lucky. 

Making Dutch Babies brings to my mind some of the _________  memories of my life. I’ve made Dutch Babies many times for sleepovers and _________ . They were always a hit, even if I _________ them. 

After my kids grew up, I didn’t cook much for years, except for holidays or other _________ occasions. When we had a family _________ , I’d make Dutch Babies for breakfast. 

I can’t recall the last time I made Dutch Babies, before today. I know it was _________  a year, before life was __________ for the pandemic, and we stopped having guests. 

So why did I make them this __________  for only my husband and me? It’s been a(n) __________ year for all of us, filled with things we couldn’t do. I was __________  to celebrate being alive. 

Good food can feed a hungry crowd. But if it’s made with love and __________ ,it can fill a __________  with the hope of better days to come. So, add your own memories.