I've been tagged by the folks at the Dancing Deer Baking Company for their "Sweet Home" initiative:
Dancing Deer’s Sweet Home Initiative raises money for scholarships to
help educate homeless women and end family homelessness. As a part of this initiative, our CEO, Trish Karter, will be riding her bike 1,500
miles from Atlanta to Boston, visiting family shelters in each city to
raise awareness about this issue. She’ll also be recording stories from the women she meets along the
way, asking them about their experiences. One question she’ll ask them
are what foods remind them of home.
(See more here.)
So, what foods remind me of home? Probably the things I make most often, like roast chicken, kugel, and various pasta dishes, but also the special-occasion foods that come out only once or twice a year, like roast turkey with all the Thanksgiving accoutrements. I guess it's the foods that are often on the table when I'm surrounded by my family.
In order to spread the word about this wonderful cause, I'm tagging the following people to participate (rules here): Di, Tonya, Zoe, Jo, Tammy, Susan, and Miguelina. Even if you're not on this list, please feel free to join in anyhow!
Your post has made me hungry and reminded me of my family's special-occasion foods (green bean casserole!) Thanks for participating!
Posted by: Jennifer | April 21, 2009 at 04:10 PM
Done. And, like Jennifer, now I'm hungry.
Posted by: Susan | April 21, 2009 at 04:29 PM
Oooo, I'll be on this later tonight. Thanks for the tag for a good cause!
Posted by: jo | April 21, 2009 at 04:41 PM
Talk about food? You don't have to twist my arm!
Posted by: Miguelina | April 21, 2009 at 04:48 PM
Hey, this is wonderful, thanks for including me! I'll be on it ASAP. Another great reason to think about food!
Posted by: Zoë François | April 21, 2009 at 05:48 PM
Oh, cool! I'll have to give this some thought as I'm not quite the "enthusiastic" foodie that you are. (Uhm, and neither was my mom...) What a great cause!
Posted by: Tonya | April 21, 2009 at 10:12 PM