TRADISHES
Moira Glennon
keeps her cool with
Taco Tuesday
Join us in this series as we search for the dishes
that move you. For us, food always has been about
more than just caloric intake, and we want to know
why it is you cook what you cook. If there's a story
behind your famous meatloaf or your mom's sweet
potato soufflé, please share it with us via email at
hello@maconmagazine.com. BY KELLEY DIXSON
PHOTOS BY MIKE YOUNG
"I
love a 'brown the meat' recipe," said Moira
Glennon, a single mother of two.
For someone who "hates cooking," at the
start of the pandemic she unfortunately found
herself as head chef for three square meals.
Enter "Taco Tuesday": Two of the most
beautiful words ever strung together. is
one little phrase can make anyone smile and
anyone's mouth water. Once a week, families all
over the nation share the same dinner tradition.
In the early days of the pandemic, the
teacher and bartender was in need of a plan
to feed her family more meals than she ever
thought she'd have to cook. With the loss of
income from bartending, "eating out was not
sustainable to do all the time." Moira's search
for meals made quickly and inexpensively
led her to staples she could rely on when
everything else was so uncertain. Pandemic
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