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Recipes to die for: Rosie Grant catalogues recipes from gravestones in new cookbook

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Here & Now Newsroom

September 16, 2025

The cover of "To Die For" and author Rosie Grant. (Courtesy of Harvest)

Some people treasure family recipes so much that they've etched the recipes into their gravestones. Rosie Grant has collected some of the most notable examples, sharing them on TikTok and Instagram. Her new book is "To Die For: A Cookbook of Gravestone Recipes."

Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Grant.

Kimette Lee DeCota's grave site has a recipe for carrot cake and cream cheese frosting. (Courtesy of Rosie Grant) — Kimette Lee DeCota's grave site has a recipe for carrot cake and cream cheese frosting. (Courtesy of Jill Petracek)

A recipe for carrot cake on a gravestone. (Courtesy of Jill Petracek)

A recipe for chicken spaghetti casserole at a grave site. (Courtesy of Rosie Grant) — A recipe for chicken spaghetti casserole at a grave site. (Courtesy of Jill Petracek)

Chicken spaghetti casserole. (Courtesy of Rosie Grant) — Chicken spaghetti casserole. (Courtesy of Jill Petracek)

A recipe for spritz cookies on Naomi Odessa Miller-Dawson's grave. (Courtesy of Jill Petracek)

Spritz cookies. (Courtesy of Jill Petracek)

Book excerpt: 'To Die For'

By Rosie Grant

This segment aired on September 16, 2025.

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