The stock pot

A journey through among the pots of the Italian, Emilia-Romagna, and my home tradition

The pot of the broth has the taste of celebration and that of comfort. Above all, its thick scent reminds me of Sunday lunches and family events.

As Diane Ackerman wrote,

Nothing is more memorable than a smell. Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant land mines hidden under the weedy mass of years. Hit a tripwire of smell and memories explode all at once.