Lost for 20 years. Smudged with fingerprints. Cooked back to life.

Love Stirred In is a time capsule wrapped in wax paper, a little messy and a lot loved.

These are the recipes my great grandmother made-from elegant desserts to weeknight casseroles scrawled on the back of envelopes. Some were complete. Some were missing steps, ingredients, or context. (Google and guesswork filled in the rest.)

They came back to me after two decades, tucked in a box no one would admit to having. But here they are now-rescued, digitized, and made with the kind of care only someone who's still a little salty about it can give.

This isn't just a cookbook. It's a reclamation, a memory made edible, and a celebration of a woman who knew exactly how to make you feel fed, seen, and loved.