Sana Arshad

“When I first moved out on my own, whenever my mom visited she would fill my freezer with individual containers of various stews, kookoo [Persian frittatas], aash [soups], and rice dishes.... These days when I visit my mom, I try to fill her freezer with some of these same favorites. The cycle always comes full circle. Hopefully with a packed freezer ready to serve, feed, and comfort.”
― Naz Deravian, Bottom of the Pot: Persian Recipes and Stories

“Tomorrow to fresh woods, and pastures new. —JOHN MILTON”
― Nora Roberts, Identity

“Our memories act as a trail of little breadcrumbs back to our heart’s richest circumference.”
― hlbalcomb

“So Eliza walked the path to East Bay Street that summer evening alone, wearing a scoop-neck black dress and her hair in Victory Rolls so that she felt like a dark-haired Ingrid Bergman in that new movie Notorious.”
― Ashley Clark, Paint and Nectar