The holidays are a great time for family traditions. When I was a child, one tradition we had every year was making tamales. My mom, aunts, and cousins would get together and make tamales that would last the whole holiday season. Now, I continue this tradition with my two daughters every year. Looking back at […]
Make Memories by Making Food Together
Food memories are more than the taste, smell, color, and texture of food. They can be some of the strongest associative memories we have. This is in part because they involve so many of our senses, as well as our emotions. Your food memories are often a combination of the time, place, people, and emotions […]
A Time to be Grateful
We’ll be celebrating Thanksgiving this week which points us towards a time to be grateful. With hardships being experienced on a daily basis, are you finding it challenging to be grateful this year? Maybe you are experiencing financial hardship due to inflation, relationship conflicts, or the reality of stress from feeling overwhelmed? Do you consider […]