Best Ribollita
Jael McHenry, The Kitchen Daughter
The spicy, creamy, comforting scent of ribollita drifts upward. I breathe it in.I’m opening the silverware drawer for a spoon when I notice her. On the step stool in the corner of the kitchen, next to the refrigerator, sits Nonna. She is wearing a bright yellow shaker sweater and acid-washed jeans.Nonna has been dead for twenty years.Nonetheless, she’s right there. Wearing what she wore and looking how she...
