By Stef Coleman In my move from rural Tennessee to Chicago, I lost my Dede’s cookbook. I think it was the last copy not yet claimed by friends and family. Somehow in packing boxes and shipping containers, chasing cats into carriers, and coercing my husband to go through drawers, I lost it. That loss wasn’t […]
How to Live: Lessons from My Grandfathers
By Stef Coleman My daughter shrieks and I look out the window. Her grandfather has her lifted over the pool and she’s beaming, her face split by the widest grin, the kind only a kid can manage. He throws her high, high in the air and she splashes into the pool with another shriek. She […]