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Death, Dying & Grief
Order of the Good Death: End of life planning
Postal Service for the Dead: send letters to anyone in your life who has passed.
Food & Death Books
Dying to Eat Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Food, Death, and the Afterlife by Candi Cann
Food to Die For: A Book of Funeral Food, Tips, and Tales From the Old City Cemetery by Jessica Ward
The Southern Sympathy Cookbook: Funeral Foods to Die For by Perre Coleman Magness
My Last Supper: 50 Great Chefs and Their Final Meals: Portraits, Interviews, and Recipes by Melanie Dunea, Anthony Bourdain (Introduction), Giovanni Carrieri Russo
Family, Food & Memory
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Death Positive
Questions to ask about food and memory
What is your nostalgic food?
Who is your “family cook”? Have you cooked with them?
Does your family have any passed down recipes? How does your family preserve them?
8 questions to ask your family to document family food traditions
Name your comfort food.
"Food is a central actor in funeral feasts, bereavement rituals, and memorialization practices, and it remains an enduring (and often overlooked) part of the material world of grief."
"Food is a central actor in funeral feasts, bereavement rituals, and memorialization practices, and it remains an enduring (and often overlooked) part of the material world of grief."
Candi Cann, Dying to Eat.
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