Marshmallow Peanut Butter Squares for Tara

Anyone who knows me well knows I feel a strong connection with food and believe deeply in its power to unite and comfort and heal and sustain us and those we love.

I wanted to share this video today. It was posted by friends following the sudden death of food blogger Jennie Perillo's husband in 2011. It is a lovely tribute to life and love and friendship, and I thought it worth sharing.

 Jennie's husband Mike loved Peanut Butter Cream Pie, and following his death his wife asked her friends to bake a pie and share it with someone they love and "hug them like there is no tomorrow because today is the only guarantee we can count on."  I loved this idea and felt elevated thinking about all the peanut butter cream pies that were made and shared and enjoyed that day and all the light and comfort that simple gesture generated.

A very dear friend of ours lost her sister this week and I was reminded of this touching video when I asked her what we could do to help.

In her ever-creative and purposeful style, Michelle asked us to bake some of her sister's favourite Marshmallow Peanut Butter Squares or Millionaire's Shortbread to include on a table of Tara's favourite things that was being put together to honour her life and celebrate who she was and what she held dear.

I feel very happy to join her many friends and offer this gesture of love and to contribute in some small way to the celebration of Tara's life.

These squares are for Gordon.  These squares are for Tara.  These squares are for everyone.

"Something beautiful is happening today..."