Comments on: Comfort in a Bowl of Soup

By: diannejacob

diannejacob — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:53:30 +0000

I’m so flattered that you want to read all my posts, Erika. Thank you.

I guess when I said I thought food writing was trivial, I was thinking about “three things to do with broccoli” types of stories, although they have been a mainstay for many food writers, and I often cut out the articles and try the recipes. So I’m conflicted.

Re Dana, he has stopped cooking right now and is on an obsession with corn dogs. I hope he gets back to it. Thanks for the good wishes.

By: Erika from The Pastry Chef At Home

Erika from The Pastry Chef At Home — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:11:56 +0000

I missed this post! And here I thought I was a loyal reader! I’ve never felt that food writing was frivolous. When I was at university, I took a course that involved some material on food and memory. Ever since, I have felt that writing about food is some of the most important writing one can do. The action of eating is so brief and fleeting, and the only way personal food memories can continue to exist beyond your mind is through writing!

You have written down Dana’s story and shared it with all of us, inspiring us, giving us hope, or at the very least, making us grateful for our ability to cook simple food, eat and share. I feel like I know so much about Dana after only a few paragraphs! I hope that he is able to continue cooking and enjoying the food he loves. I can’t give Dana a big hug, but I hope that I can send him one through you.

By: diannejacob

diannejacob — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:50:54 +0000

Jamie, no one would know that you have suffered, looking at your blog. It’s terrific, a full life. Congratulations.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:07:01 +0000

Beautiful story! I am not able to write unless it is about food and my blog is like therapy, writing about my life and food I am able to talk about my life, my childhood, face the death of my brother and whatever else is going on inside of me. I too suffer from agoraphobia and have spent long periods of time locked inside. Thanks to my food blog I can reach out, open myself up and be with others. This story about Dana is wonderful and it shows the healing power of food and words.

By: diannejacob

diannejacob — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:54:28 +0000

Thank you, KB. Dana was so inspired he made another family dish, with his caregiver’s help, for Thanksgiving yesterday! He is indeed hopeful that he can cook for himself in the days ahead.

By: Kitchen Butterfly

Kitchen Butterfly — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:59:21 +0000

It’s the little victories that inspire so much hope in a child who pronounces his first word..after weeks being afraid to try, its the mother who can let go of her terror of a bad fall for her beloved, it is Dana who despite his illness, smelled Murag…sat on a stool, made it and ate it…with joy. What amazing courage to face life, to embrace it, to overcome….if only for a moment. I’m so thankful to God for HOPE!

By: diannejacob

diannejacob — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:26:52 +0000

You are most welcome, Carol. Yes, not too much demand for Iraqi-Jewish cooking, but I grew up on it, also Indian-Jewish.

By: parisbreakfasts

parisbreakfasts — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:23:29 +0000

Thank you Dianne for sharing this.
Food heals in so many ways…
The soup sounds wonderful..
we never get to hear much about Iraqi cooking.

By: diannejacob

diannejacob — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:35:33 +0000

Thanks for adding my blog post to your list. Being thankful never goes out of style.

By: diannejacob

diannejacob — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:33:42 +0000

Oh this is so lovely, MJ. Thanks.