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Dec 2023
17m 8s

A Return to Recipe Graves

SiriusXM and Atlas Obscura
About this episode

Gastro Obscura’s senior editor Sam O’Brien returns to the podcast to go deeper with us on her strange beat – recipes etched into gravestones. We probe how food can help heal and remember those we’ve lost. 

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: Sam has written a bunch about recipe gravestones, and has even been on the podcast before. Read and listen to more of her work at these links:

The Family Recipes That Live On in Cemeteries

Podcast: The Spritz Cookie Gravestone

Podcast: Grandma Ida’s Nut Rolls Gravestone

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