The Mothers' Arms Recipe Service: Culinary Stories of Comfort and Joy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798349272851)

The first mouthful brought tears to my eyes. The meal tasted just as I had remembered it, like my mother had made it so many times in the past. As I ate, I could almost feel her loving arms wrapped around me. I now knew how they came up with the term "comfort food." Nothing could have brought me more comfort than this, short of having her back here with me.

When newlywed Lynda loses her mother suddenly and unexpectedly, she is devastated. When she is unable to locate a treasured lost family recipe to connect with her mother again, she is crushed. But after searching, finding and cooking the beloved recipe, the memories through food, flood back and provide great comfort, as if her mother was wrapping her arms around her once again. It results in the launch of her business to help others connect with lost loved ones through comfort food and that is certainly a recipe for success.

The Mothers' Arms Recipe Service is a beautiful and heartwarming book, much in the vein of Chicken Soup for the Soul, but with literal soup recipes to follow. It is a tribute to mothers, to cooking with love, and to tasting life again after losing someone dear. The author's cavalcade of clients makes for a fun read, and the resultant relationships go to show that cooking and caregiving naturally go hand in hand.