Cookies, cakes, and cobblers are not usually linked to graveyards. But a California woman has found a way to bring them together.
Grant’s idea began during an internship at a cemetery in New York. (Pexels/Representational Image)
According to a report by Fox News, the woman has an unusual practice. She searches cemeteries for recipes carved on gravestones and then cooks them.
Rosie Grant, a 36-year-old librarian from Los Angeles, has spent the last five years collecting recipes left behind by the dead. So far, she has gathered 40 recipes. She says the food is “to die for”.
Where the idea began:
Grant’s idea began during an internship at a cemetery in New York. While working there, she noticed a recipe for spritz cookies carved into a woman’s headstone.
Curious, she went home and baked 12 cookies. Later, she returned to the grave and ate them there.
“At first, when I knew only one recipe, I thought this would be a one-off,” Grant told news agency SWNS. Instead, she went on to find many more.
Over time, she has cooked a wide range of dishes. Recipes include Texas sheet cake, no-bake cookies, and guava cobbler. Each dish, she says, helps her feel connected to someone who has passed away.
Cooking with grieving families:
A family invited Grant to Nome, Alaska, to make a no-bake cookie recipe taken from their loved one’s headstone. She cooked in their kitchen with the woman’s daughter and great-granddaughter.
Later, they took the cookies to the cemetery. Grant described it as the most wonderful experience of her life.
These days, Grant no longer searches gravestones herself very often. Instead, families send her recipes. Many want to keep a loved one’s memory alive. Grant believes recipes on headstones help people remember and share moments together.
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