A few months ago, Addie Broyles shared a story about her great-great-grandmother and the knife and rolling pin still in the family that she brought to this country with her from Sweden. The blog post included tips from Dawn Orsak, an expert on Texas and Czech foodways who shared a list of questions to ask loved ones to learn more about our past.
For the past several months, I’ve asked the same dozen or so questions to my parents, Adam’s parents, Adam’s grandmothers, and finally myself, Adam, and my brother. Over …