A Quick Word With Jan Fran

The Question Everything co-host talks nostalgic scents, getting creative with vegetables, and the power of asking.

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One of my fondest memories with food isn’t a childhood memory. When I was a young adult, my late grandmother, who was just the most loving and wonderful grandmother you could ever have, would always have fresh, fragrant oregano wafting around her kitchen from her own little garden. She would make these simple but gorgeous salads by tossing that home-grown oregano through tomatoes and red onion with a squeeze of lemon. And she’d always set some leaves aside for me because she knew how much I loved it. She’s passed now, but every time I catch even a little whiff of oregano, I think of her. It feels like honouring her every time I cook with it.