Your Mama’s Kitchen Kristin Hannah
Mar 27, 2024
Best-selling author Kristin Hannah shares childhood memories of living in unique settings, her journey to historical fiction, and her mom's cooking on a wood fire stove. She discusses the importance of portraying women's stories in history through her novels and shares a recipe for her mama's buttermilk cornbread.
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VW Bus Adventure
- Kristin Hannah's father, disliking California traffic, packed the family into a VW bus.
- They traveled for six weeks, searching for a new home by raising their hands when they found "the one".
Settling in the Pacific Northwest
- The family "chose" the Pacific Northwest, then her father bought land in Port Angeles and Victoria, BC.
- He built campgrounds, starting with Wagon Train, involving the family in manual labor like chopping trees.
Pioneer Cooking
- Moving from Southern California to a 100-year-old farmhouse in Port Angeles, their kitchen had a wood-burning stove.
- Hannah's mother, accustomed to modern conveniences, had to learn pioneer-style cooking, which even 9-year-old Kristin found unusual.