Gravestone recipe stories
From the blog
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Annabell’s Snickerdoodles
Cookies from the redwoods in California. In the heart of Willits, California, lies a gravestone that tells a unique story – that of Annabell Gunderson. Born on September 19, 1920, and leaving this world on December 14, 2007, Annabell’s life was a tapestry woven with community service, family bonds, and a love for the simple…
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“A Good Carrot Cake”
Recreating Christine’s carrot cake. I visited Christine Hammill’s cemetery on a warm May day after a long drive through the California Redwoods. I’d heard about a mysterious carrot cake recipe through social media comments over a two year span. Then one day a neighbor of the cemetery sent me a photo of a gravestone in…
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Remembering Naomi Odessa Miller-Dawson
In the heart of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, lies a one of a kind gravestone.