Laughter is Good Medicine. So is Spoonbread - No. 76

Old remedies, memories, and how to cook for someone when they’re sick

Photos: Danielle Atkins.

A CONFESSION: I HAVE READ SCADS OF OLD COOKBOOKS from Fannie Farmer to the Joy of Cooking with their mentions of “Invalid Cooking,” but I never took any of it to heart until COVID.

So I want to pay some attention to it now because sickness has been on our minds a lot for the past two years. Even before penicillin and other life…