Daily writing prompt What’s your go-to comfort food? View all responses My go-to comfort food falls in the breakfast category. It's a meal I looked forward to as a child, especially on Saturdays. Rooted in my Southern background, it consists of homemade grits, eggs, bacon, and toast, with a side of Tabasco sauce. I have to specify “homemade” when I talk about grits, because when I was growing up, you just didn’t eat grits from a restaurant—at least not in California.

Daily writing prompt What's the most delicious thing you've ever eaten? View all responses At my age, I’ve eaten a lot of delicious things, so picking the most delicious is nearly impossible. But if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that nothing beats food prepared by family. Take my sister’s potato salad, for example. It’s completely outshined mine. Her potatoes are cut evenly, boiled to perfection, and she’s started adding dill—

Listen to African American food memories through cookbooks. Taste the dishes created by Vertamae Smart Grosvenor and Zafar's grandmother.