Zurich Legacy Kitchen Cookbook - Book - Page 9
L e g ac y K it c hen
Doug
Richardson
Dave was my brother in law and was loved
peg-feed. His attention to detail was always
by his many friends and community. He was
incredible, but it’s the little things scattered
a special man in so many ways. Our wives
around the table that say so much about
are twins and not surprisingly, we became
him and our relationship - the food, the
very close. He died in 2023, having battled
glass of wine, the guitar capo, the Beatles
neck cancer – a cruel blow, given that he
coaster and the Band of Brothers box set we
loved preparing, cooking, serving and
watched together then. To me it represents
eating food.
not just that special Christmas, but also our
This particular memory is from 2019,
whole relationship over 40 years and our
when Dave and I spent Christmas together
shared interests.
when he was unable to go on the big family
He loved every part of cooking – the
holiday we’d all planned. One photograph
preparation, the aromas, and most of all,
shows the Christmas dinner he prepared
seeing people enjoy the food he’d lovingly
just for me. He was unable to eat, and had to
prepared, even though he couldn’t eat it.
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