Motherhood & Chocolate Cake with Lisa Ruland

A story about how chocolate cake - a festive treat if there ever was one - brought about unlikely healing through grief. Lisa Ruland is a food writer, professional baker, and the curator of The Food + Grief Project (unpeeledjournal.com/category/food-grief-project). She talks about her relationship to food after the tragic loss of her husband, how she found connection while mourning, and how a chocolate birthday cake catalyzed what is now an honored family tradition. Her step-daughter Margot joins the conversation to share memories and talk about mothers lost and found.
Read Lisa’s original My Family Recipe (food52.com/blog/25811-my-family-recipe-quick-e…) essay.
My Family Recipe is created by the Food52 Podcast Network (food52.pod.link) and Heritage Radio Network (heritageradionetwork.org), inspired by the eponymous Food52 column.