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A few summers back, I joined a county fair cooking demo on a whim—mostly for the company and the fresh lemonade. I sat near a

I met her in line at the garden center. She was in her seventies, holding a few potted herbs, and we got to talking about

Last summer, at a seafood festival down on the Gulf Coast, I met a man running a modest booth under a blue tarp. He looked

Rain had been tapping against the windows since morning, and the gray skies brought that familiar craving for something warm, nourishing, and satisfying. The kind

Last summer, I struck up a conversation with a stranger while waiting in line at a food truck festival in Ohio. He was holding a

In May, my youngest son flew in from college for the weekend with two of his old buddies in tow. They rolled in just before