grandmother
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"I think people... want foods that are whole foods, the way we used to do them, the foods that their grandmother or great-grandmother made," Childers said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Related: ‘There is considerable tension’: My grandmother, 99, wants to cut my mother out of her will.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
“I figured my grandmother was a dancer and I thought maybe I got some of those genes — definitely not,” she continued.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Menin, the New York City Council speaker, whose mother and grandmother were Holocaust survivors, told the most influential woman in fashion that she was making a “grave mistake.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
“I’ll take you to your grandmother, all right?” he said.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
Salterelli has seen cases where competing grandmothers both want to be guardians and a custody battle ensues.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Add to that the centuries-old cliches of Italian mothers and grandmothers showing their love through food, and it's a perfect storm.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Freelance writer and editor Lucy Schiller bumped up against the issues of aging, eldercare and loneliness through her grandmothers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
I’m not trying to turn anybody into grandmothers, but the upside is not there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Not so many mothers and grandmothers and sisters.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
