Sandage collected stories and narratives describing the importance of food in her husband's family. Included are stories of grandpa's freshly canned, garden-grown green beans, a recipe for tender turkey, and a recipe for Grandma Lucille's dinner rolls. Also included is the author's biography of her traumatic childhood and adolescence where she lived with an abusive stepfather and had step-siblings abducted. The project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1997.