摘要
在一个蓝色的锡盒里，我珍藏了很多母亲留下来的食谱，那里存放着我所有的特殊秘方—比如在我长身体那几年里她做的南瓜馅饼，以及全家人都爱吃的松软的酵母小圆面包。尽管如此，我最为珍视的秘方却不在这些索引卡上，她也并没有写成信留给我。恰恰相反，她终其一生都在身体力行，而我却太过盲目，一直到她生命最后的那几年，我才发现并懂得珍惜这个秘方。
I have a lot of Mom’s recipes in a blue1)tin box where all my special ones2)reside-the pumpkin pie she made during my growing up years,the light and3)yeasty4)dinner rolls that were family5)faves.Even so,the recipe I6)treasure most is not on any7)index card,nor did she send it to me in a letter.On the contrary,she lived this recipe all of her life,but I was too blind to see and appreciate it until her final years.
