Share Your Food Story
Your food story adds a unique flavor to our community. So let’s hear it!
Submissions will be posted throughout the celebration as part of a collective food narrative. Use one of our story starters or go off-menu. All ages and ideas welcome!
Story Starters:
Which foods or traditions taste like home?
Share a sour, spicy, or sweet food memory.
Describe the best meal you’ve ever had.
What lesson has food taught you?
How do you “nourish” yourself or others?
Latest Food Stories
My family heritage is mostly UK, so the food I grew up with was nourishing but bland. Putting black pepper on anything was a bold move. That's why I will never forget my first visit to the West Side market, in my early 20s. The sights and smells made me dizzy with joy!
Sheryl, Age 58
Heights Libraries
- Lee Road
Food that tastes like home for me is beet soup borscht. As someone with Polish roots, that deep, earthy flavor carries more than just taste; it carries memory. I don’t even need a full meal sometimes, I’ll buy a bottle of beet juice and drink it straight, and that alone brings me right back.
Andrzej, Age 36
Cleveland Public Library
- Main Library (Downtown)
My mom is Liberian and made one of the native dishes I absolutely love, Cassava Leaves, which is a savory stew. It was occasionally made but would bring such comfort and enjoyment. I thought all Cassava Leaves were the same. I learned her secret was chopped spinach which made hers the best!
Voncille, Age 49
Cuyahoga County Public Library
- Maple Heights
