What a beautiful post! This is our first Mother's Day without my Mom, who died just before Christmas. She and my grandmother taught me how to bake and cook, and I remember lots of wonderful times in the kitchen. (In an Irish-Italian family, much of our time was - and still is - spent in the kitchen.) My greatest accomplishment was my first loaf of bread at age 12, which turned out so well that Mom let me take over the bread-baking. I felt so proud! As an adult, I often thanked my mother for teaching me how to bake and giving me not only a practical skill but many warm memories. My older sister, her younger daughter (now a mom herself) and I recently spent the afternoon recreating our aunt's rice torta and recalling what it was like to grow up with such good food and togetherness. Those times are priceless. It is indeed a gift of love and nurturing that we pass on from generation to generation. Thanks for all that you do at King Arthur to help carry on the tradition. Happy Mother's Day!

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