All Things We're Cooking is a series featuring kitchen gems from you, our readers and listeners, and the special stories behind them. We'll continue to share more of your recipes throughout the holidays.
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Spicy fish curry dish is seasoned with childhood memories of India's Konkan region
This recipe represents the ultimate comfort food — nothing fancy. It's been passed from generation to generation. If you can't handle the heat, try adding mango.
Read more about Aji's fish curry
A surprise breakfast ingredient pulls this quick taco meat recipe together
A young woman's family recipes transformed the menu at a restaurant in Arizona where she worked. Decades later, the business is gone but the owners' granddaughter still makes the taco filling today.
Read more about Odd's Sombrero Taco Meat
Lamb curry shakes up a traditional Christmas dinner. It started with a stay in Nigeria
A choice of toppings lets all of the relatives around the table make this meal their own. And it's OK to substitute chicken or tofu if lamb is not your thing.
Read more about Diane Richardson's lamb curry
This Kentucky ham recipe needs 24 hours of 'sleep' before it's ready to eat
When Grandpa put on his raincoat, that meant it was time to move the ham off the stove, just one step in Grandma's slow-cook process for a salt-cured country ham.
Read more about Linda Ishmael's Old Kentucky Ham
These bamboo buns came from China with Grandma. First we forage, then we cook
No one picks more bamboo than Grandma Zhang, who "shows her love through cooking." Her work ethic and all of the dishes she makes are an inspiration to her family.
Read more about Kaitlyn Hennacy's bamboo buns
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ABOUT THIS PROJECT
All Things We're Cooking is a series highlighting family recipes that have special meaning to you, our readers and listeners. Earlier this year, we asked you to share your most prized recipes and explain why these dishes evoke such fond family memories. Working in collaboration with NPR member stations, we received responses from across the country. We've been interviewing some contributors and will continue to share their stories through the holiday season. All recipes and photos were provided by NPR audience members.
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