Keep Traditional Recipes Alive

If you think modern life is all smooth sailing, I’ll tell you it’s a ship without a compass, drifting past the docks where I once cooked the same stew with the same spice that made the whole village pause for a moment. They keep asking me to swap the old recipe for something “trendy,” and I say, “You’ll never taste the depth of a simmer that’s lived a decade.” I allowed that boy’s curiosity a little window, but I kept the lock on my grandmother’s handwritten notes—no one can guess that tiny pinch of mint that makes the secret taste sing. Still, I can’t help but stare at the new recipe books, knowing that in the end, it’s the stories we preserve that keep the flame from dying. #OldWays #StillStanding 😠