Judith R. Hendricks

Q: Why is food and cooking so important to your fictional characters?
A: I guess because food is so important to me. It's one of those things that gives life texture and rhythm. Music is another. Those things link us to each other and mark places in our lives. Which is why I can't remember where I put my sunglasses or the name of somebody I met last week, but I can remember the carrot cake I shared with my mom at the little upstairs café in LaConner, Washington twenty years ago, and all the words to Rocky Raccoon...