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
The vibrant piraguero carts complement the rainbow streets of Viejo San Juan. I chase my cousins down the cobbled stone streets, unprepared for the impossible task of choosing a flavor. My mom insists that I avoid staining my clothes with coconut. Regardless, I’ll risk it with parcha.
Sara, Age 18
Heights Libraries
- Lee Road
The warm smell of dough, cheese, and meat fill the kitchen on Christmas morning. Every year my family comes together and creates raviolis from scratch. I've always been the dough thinner, running it through the machine watching it expand. They give me responsibility, connecting me with my family.
Marchesa, Age 18
Cuyahoga County Public Library
- Beachwood
On my second day of school in a new country, I sat alone, drowning in unfamiliar sounds. My teacher walked me to the corner store and the cool blast of freezer air smothered my face. I reached for a bright red Angry Birds popsicle. “Glida,” she said, pointing. The sticky red juices taste like home.
Charlotte, Age 18
Cuyahoga County Public Library
- Orange
