Faith In Traditions

This is the last day of Kwanzaa, which is Imani: Faith.  With each generation there is the faith that what we educate our youth with integrity, cultural traditions, and recipes.  My mother made bread, wine, soap, clothes, etc.....oh yeah and there was a yogurt period.  She was always exploring something, but bread was something she was remembered for, "I sure do miss your Moms biscuits" my neighbor laments.

Even though I don't bake, she had faith that her recipies for life would carry me through.  Which is why I love this video of Grandma Martha Cooking with her Grandson.  It's more of the connection that he has to his elder that makes this beautiful.

Cooking with Grandma Martha for Kwanzaa from CHOW.com on Vimeo.

Festival Of Electonica Lights

Photo from NY Magazine

I was looking for something that highlighted the fun of Chanukah.  Anyone offended shouldn't be.  Rejoice in the miracle.

 

Chanukah begins today and growing up my mother and I had a Menorah and would light the candles every day.  Yup, a Brooklyn Black Christian Woman and her child would "celebrate" the festival of lights.  My mother was a NYC school teacher and every turn there was a teaching opportunity.  We didn't know everything about the holiday, but living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, which has a big Hasidic community, it couldn't be ignored.