September 15, 2005

One Good Thing About Funerals


Pinky Diablo bemoans the fact that American funerals are often cold and impersonal. But one aspect actually has meaning--the after-service luncheon put on by the church ladies. This is America's hometown cooking at its finest and most loving. It is the purest form of comfort food, and to Pinky, much more meaningful and powerful than eating an old dry cracker at church.